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Gamma-ray burst blasted Earth in 8th century: study
Jan 21, 2013 (AFP)
A mystery wave of cosmic radiation that smashed into Earth in the eighth century may have come from two black holes that collided, a study published on Monday s...
Light From The Darkness
Jan 20, 2013 (SPX)
An evocative new image from ESO shows a dark cloud where new stars are forming, along with a cluster of brilliant stars that have already emerged from their dus...
Dynamic, dark energy in an accelerating universe
Jan 18, 2013 (SPX)
It was cosmology that drew Irene Sendra from Valencia to the Basque Country. Cosmology also gave her the chance to collaborate with one of the winners of the 20...
Neon lights up exploding stars
Jan 16, 2013 (SPX)
An international team of nuclear astrophysicists has shed new light on the explosive stellar events known as novae. These dramatic explosions are driven by nucl...
Nearby dwarf galaxy and possible protogalaxy discovered
Jan 16, 2013 (SPX)
Peering deep into the dim edges of a distorted pinwheel galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major (the Great Bear), astronomers at Case Western Reserve University ...
A Jumble of Exotic Stars
Jan 16, 2013 (SPX)
This new infrared image from ESO's VISTA telescope shows the globular cluster 47 Tucanae in striking detail. This cluster contains millions of stars, and there ...
Notre Dame astronomers find massive supply of gas around modern galaxies
Jan 16, 2013 (SPX)
Galaxies have a voracious appetite for fuel - in this case, fresh gas - but astronomers have had difficulty finding the pristine gas that should be falling onto...
Cloudy Mystery Bursts From Milkyway Center
Jan 15, 2013 (SPX)
It's the mystery of the curiously dense cloud. And astronomers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) are on the case. Near the crowded galactic ce...
Adaptive Optics Brings Remarkable Details To Stellar Nursery
Jan 14, 2013 (SPX)
A new image from the Gemini Observatory's most advanced adaptive optics (AO) system will help astronomers study the universe with an unprecedented level of clar...
New Chandra Movie Features Neutron Star Action
Jan 14, 2013 (SPX)
Unlike with some blockbuster films, the sequel to a movie from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is better than the first. This latest movie features a deeper lo...
Radio telescopes give clues to structure, history of Milky Way
Jan 14, 2013 (SPX)
Astronomers have discovered hundreds of previously-unknown sites of massive star formation in the Milky Way, including the most distant such objects yet found i...
First Bone of the Milky Way Identified
Jan 14, 2013 (SPX)
Our Milky Way is a spiral galaxy - a pinwheel-shaped collection of stars, gas and dust. It has a central bar and two major spiral arms that wrap around its disk...
The Supernova That Cried Wolf
Jan 14, 2013 (SPX)
Astronomers are announcing that a massive star, which they have watched repeatedly mimic a supernova since 2009, has finally exploded for real. The report is be...
Sofia Spots Recent Starburst In The Milky Way Galaxy'S Center
Jan 11, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers using the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) have captured new images of a ring of gas and dust seven light-years in diameter ...
UT Arlington researchers try new approach for simulating supernovas
Jan 11, 2013 (SPX)
Two University of Texas at Arlington researchers want to bridge the gap between what is known about exploding stars and the remnants left behind thousands of ye...
NASA Telescopes See Weather Patterns in Brown Dwarf
Jan 11, 2013 (JPL)
Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes have probed the stormy atmosphere of a brown dwarf, creating the most detailed "weather map" yet fo...
Dark Energy Alternatives to Einstein Are Running Out of Room
Jan 11, 2013 (SPX)
Research by University of Arizona astronomy professor Rodger Thompson finds that a popular alternative to Albert Einstein's theory for the acceleration of the e...
Massive Outburst in Neighbor Galaxy Surprises Astronomers
Jan 10, 2013 (SPX)
The surprising discovery of a massive outburst in a neighboring galaxy is giving astronomers a tantalizing look at what likely is a powerful belch by a gorging ...
Detecting dusty clouds and stars in our galaxy in a new way
Jan 10, 2013 (SPX)
The center of our Milky Way galaxy is a wondrous place full of huge star clusters, dust clouds, magnetic filaments and a supermassive black hole. But it can be ...
Massive outburst in neighbor galaxy surprises astronomers
Jan 10, 2013 (SPX)
The surprising discovery of a massive outburst in a neighboring galaxy is giving astronomers a tantalizing look at what likely is a powerful belch by a gorging ...
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