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Astronomers uncovered star-forming 'fuel tanks' by the discovery of extensive regions of carbon hydride molecules in and around the galaxies.
Posted: Sep 1st, 2017
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Astronomers have measured magnetic fields in a galaxy 4.6 billion light-years away - a big clue to understanding how magnetic fields formed and evolved over cosmic time.
Posted: Aug 30th, 2017
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Black holes may have punctured darkened galaxies, allowing light to escape.
Posted: Aug 30th, 2017
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Magnetic fields play an important role in the physics of the interstellar medium, but they are very difficult to observe at vast distances corresponding to large look-back times in the cosmic history. An international team of astronomers was able to measure the magnetic field in a galaxy beyond the local volume, as seen 4.6 billion light years away at a redshift of 0.439.
Posted: Aug 28th, 2017
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One of the key questions puzzling astrophysicists since the first gravitational wave detection is: how did these heavy black hole pairs get close enough to merge?
Posted: Aug 23rd, 2017
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Exploding stars carry a cloak of dense material that puzzles astronomers.
Posted: Aug 23rd, 2017
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The spots on the surface of our Sun bear witness to the activity in its interior.
Posted: Aug 23rd, 2017
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Imagine you're on your way to Mars, and you lose a crucial tool during a spacewalk. Not to worry, you'll simply re-enter your spacecraft and use some microorganisms to convert your urine and exhaled carbon dioxide into chemicals to make a new one.
Posted: Aug 22nd, 2017
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Their computations revealed that an additional Earth-like planet with a dynamically stable configuration may be residing at a distance ranging from 0.25 to 2.0 astronomical unit (AU) from Gliese 832.
Posted: Aug 17th, 2017
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New radio observations show clumps of gas streaming from supermassive black hole.
Posted: Aug 15th, 2017
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Observations of a supernova colliding with a nearby companion star take astrophysicists by surprise.
Posted: Aug 14th, 2017
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Theories and models show how instabilities develop in extreme energy releases from black holes.
Posted: Aug 14th, 2017
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A mathematician argues that species go extinct soon after harnessing technology.
Posted: Aug 11th, 2017
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Findings suggest two mechanisms may have powered the moon's ancient churning, molten core.
Posted: Aug 11th, 2017
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To better understand how galactic wind affects star formation in galaxies, researchers turned to high-performance computing.
Posted: Aug 10th, 2017
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A team of astronomers have discovered that the core of our sun rotates about four times faster than the surface. It's in the middle of our solar system, on our cosmic doorstep, so how could we have missed that before? And why is it important?
Posted: Aug 10th, 2017
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