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Magnetic mirror could shed new light on gravitational waves and the early universe
Device modulates polarization across wide range of microwave frequencies to map radiation from shortly after the Big Bang.
Posted: Dec 13th, 2016
Read moreDark Energy Survey discovers potential new dwarf planet
Thanks to scientists on the Dark Energy Survey (DES), the solar system just got another member.
Posted: Dec 12th, 2016
Read moreA syllabus in cosmic rays
What have scientists learned in five years of studying cosmic rays with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment?
Posted: Dec 12th, 2016
Read more'Hyper-starburst' galaxy churns out stars, clues to universe's evolution
A recently discovered galaxy is undergoing an extraordinary boom of stellar construction, revealed by a group of astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory.
Posted: Dec 8th, 2016
Read moreWill Earth still exist 5 billion years from now?
What will happen to Earth when, in a few billion years' time, the Sun is a hundred times bigger than it is today? Using the most powerful radio telescope in the world, an international team of astronomers has set out to look for answers in the star L2 Puppis. Five billion years ago, this star was very similar to the Sun as it is today.
Posted: Dec 8th, 2016
Read moreNeutron stars on the home PC
Astronomers find most massive double neutron star system with [email protected]
Posted: Dec 8th, 2016
Read moreSecond-generation stars identified, giving clues about their predecessors
Astronomers have identified what they believe to be the second generation of stars, shedding light on the nature of the universe's first stars.
Posted: Dec 6th, 2016
Read moreNew telescope chip offers clear view of alien planets
Scientists have developed a new optical chip for a telescope that enables astronomers to have a clear view of alien planets that may support life.
Posted: Dec 6th, 2016
Read moreWhere giant galaxies are born
International team of scientists has discovered that the biggest galaxies in the universe develop in cosmic clouds of cold gas.
Posted: Dec 2nd, 2016
Read moreSolar winds transport more energy towards the Earth than expected
An international team of scientists showed that solar winds transport way more energy towards the Earth than previously thought.
Posted: Dec 1st, 2016
Read moreWhat do Netflix, Google and planetary systems have in common?
Same class of algorithms used by Google and Netflix can also tell us if distant planetary systems are stable or not.
Posted: Dec 1st, 2016
Read moreTangled threads weave through cosmic oddity
New observations from the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed the intricate structure of the galaxy NGC 4696 in greater detail than ever before. The elliptical galaxy is a beautiful cosmic oddity with a bright core wrapped in system of dark, swirling, thread-like filaments.
Posted: Dec 1st, 2016
Read moreFirst signs of weird quantum property of empty space?
VLT observations of neutron star may confirm 80-year-old prediction about the vacuum.
Posted: Nov 30th, 2016
Read moreTiming the shadow of a potentially habitable extrasolar planet paves the way to search for alien life
Astronomers have observed the transit of a potentially Earth-like extrasolar planet known as K2-3d. While transits have previously been observed for thousands of other extrasolar planets, K2-3d is important because there is a possibility that it might harbor extraterrestrial life.
Posted: Nov 28th, 2016
Read moreShear brilliance: computing tackles the mystery of the dark universe
Scientists working on a revolutionary telescope project have harnessed the power of distributed computing from the UK's GridPP collaboration to tackle one of the Universe's biggest mysteries - the nature of dark matter and dark energy.
Posted: Nov 24th, 2016
Read moreMars ice deposit holds as much water as Lake Superior
Frozen beneath a region of cracked and pitted plains on Mars lies about as much water as what's in Lake Superior, largest of the Great Lakes, a team of scientists has determined using data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Posted: Nov 22nd, 2016
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