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Cosmic 'Leaf Blower' Robs Galaxy of Star-Making Fuel
Apr 05, 2012 (JPL)
Supernova explosions and the jets of a monstrous black hole are scattering a galaxy's star-making gas like a cosmic leaf blower, a new study finds. The findings...
NASA's SOFIA Captures Image of Dying, Outflowing Star
Apr 05, 2012 (JPL)
Researchers using NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) have captured an infrared image of the last exhalations of a dying sun-like st...
New isotope measurement could alter history of early solar system
Apr 05, 2012 (SPX)
The early days of our solar system might look quite different than previously thought, according to research at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne Na...
Mapping Galaxy Formation in Dual Mode
Apr 05, 2012 (SPX)
A team of astronomers led by David Sobral (Leiden Observatory and Royal Observatory of Edinburgh) has explored the synergies between the Subaru Telescope and th...
New SCUBA-2 camera reveals wild youth of the universe
Apr 05, 2012 (SPX)
A team of astronomers from the UK, Canada and the Netherlands have commenced a revolutionary new study of cosmic star-formation history, looking back in time to...
The dark heart of a cosmic collision
Apr 05, 2012 (ESA)
Two of ESA's space observatories have combined to create a multi-wavelength view of violent events taking place within the giant galaxy of Centaurus A. The new ...
Milky Way image reveals detail of a billion stars
Apr 05, 2012 (SPX)
More than one billion stars in the Milky Way can be seen together in detail for the first time in an image captured by an international team of astronomers. Sci...
Fermi Observations of Dwarf Galaxies Provide New Insights on Dark Matter
Apr 03, 2012 (SPX)
There's more to the cosmos than meets the eye. About 80 percent of the matter in the universe is invisible to telescopes, yet its gravitational influence is man...
Sofia Captures Images Of The Planetary Nebula M2-9
Apr 02, 2012 (SPX)
Researchers using NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) have captured infrared images of the last exhalations of a dying Sun-like star...
A Star Explodes, Turns Inside-Out
Apr 02, 2012 (SPX)
A new X-ray study of the remains of an exploded star indicates that the supernova that disrupted the massive star may have turned it inside out in the process. ...
Much faster than a speeding bullet, planets and stars escape the Milky Way
Mar 30, 2012 (SPX)
Idan Ginsburg, a graduate student in Dartmouth's Department of Physics and Astronomy, studies some of the fastest moving objects in the cosmos. When stars and t...
Cosmic rays alter chemistry of lunar ice
Mar 21, 2012 (SPX)
Space scientists from the University of New Hampshire and multi-institutional colleagues report they have quantified levels of radiation on the moon's surface f...
Explosive Stars with Good Table Manners
Mar 21, 2012 (SPX)
An exploding star known as a Type Ia supernova plays a key role in our understanding of the universe. Studies of Type Ia supernovae led to the discovery of dark...
Detection of cosmic effect may bring universe's formation into sharper focus
Mar 21, 2012 (SPX)
The first observation of a cosmic effect theorized 40 years ago could provide astronomers with a more precise tool for understanding the forces behind the unive...
Glittering jewels of Messier 9
Mar 20, 2012 (SPX)
Messier 9, pictured here, is a globular cluster, a roughly spherical swarm of stars that lies around 25 000 light-years from Earth, near the centre of the Milky...
NASA Releases New WISE Mission Catalog of Entire Infrared Sky
Mar 16, 2012 (JPL)
NASA unveiled a new atlas and catalog of the entire infrared sky today showing more than a half billion stars, galaxies and other objects captured by the Wide-f...
Texas A and M astronomers help find distant galaxy cluster to shed light on early universe
Mar 16, 2012 (SPX)
A decade ago, Houston businessman and philanthropist George P. Mitchell was so certain there were big discoveries to be made in physics and astronomy and that t...
Abell 383: Getting a Full Picture of an Elusive Subject
Mar 16, 2012 (SPX)
Two teams of astronomers have used data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes to map the distribution of dark matter in a galaxy cluster kn...
Gravitational lens reveals details of distant, ancient galaxy
Mar 16, 2012 (SPX)
Thanks to the presence of a natural "zoom lens" in space, University of Chicago scientists working with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have obtained a uniquely c...
Astronomers Get Rare Peek at Early Stage of Star Format
Mar 16, 2012 (SPX)
Using radio and infrared telescopes, astronomers have obtained a first tantalizing look at a crucial early stage in star formation. The new observations promise...
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