Researchers find a 'glitch' in pulsar 'glitch' theory
Researchers from the University of Southampton have called in to question a 40 year-old theory explaining the periodic speeding up or 'glitching' of pulsars.
Dec 18th, 2012
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A swoosh in space: Merry Christmas from Hubble
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope celebrates the holiday season with a striking image of the planetary nebula NGC 5189. The intricate structure of the stellar eruption looks like a giant and brightly coloured ribbon in space.
Dec 18th, 2012
Read moreResearchers confirm 'gusty winds' in space turbulence
Study is first direct measurement of its kind in the lab.
Dec 18th, 2012
Read moreCommercial space travel carries implications for health
A new UCSF study looks at the health implications of flying into outer space and suggests establishing health screening standards for private citizens who want to blast off.
Dec 17th, 2012
Read moreHow white dwarfs mimic black holes
New research has revealed that bright X-ray flares in nearby galaxies, once assumed to indicate the presence of black holes, can in fact be produced by white dwarfs.
Dec 17th, 2012
Read moreHot iron in the cosmos
A precision experiment has provided details of the X-ray emissions from highly ionised iron, advancing our understanding of black holes and supernovae.
Dec 16th, 2012
Read morePhysical constant passes the alcohol test
Fundamental properties of molecules have not changed during the past seven billion years.
Dec 14th, 2012
Read moreStudy reveals a remarkable symmetry in black hole jets
A new study using data from NASA's Swift satellite and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope shows that high-speed jets launched from active black holes possess fundamental similarities regardless of mass, age or environment. The result provides a tantalizing hint that common physical processes are at work.
Dec 13th, 2012
Read moreTwin NASA spacecraft prepare to crash into moon
Twin lunar-orbiting NASA spacecraft that have allowed scientists to learn more about the internal structure and composition of the moon are being prepared for their controlled descent and impact on a mountain near the moon's north pole at about 5:28 p.m. EST Monday, Dec. 17.
Dec 13th, 2012
Read moreHubble census finds galaxies at redshifts 9 to 12
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered seven primitive galaxies from a distant population that formed more than 13 billion years ago.
Dec 13th, 2012
Read more24-armed giant to probe early lives of galaxies
The K-band Multi-Object Spectrograph (KMOS), attached to the Very Large Telescope (VLT) Unit Telescope 1 at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile, has successfully achieved first light.
Dec 12th, 2012
Read moreResearchers discover galaxies near cosmic dawn
A team of astronomers led by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to discover seven of the most primitive and distant galaxies ever seen.
Dec 12th, 2012
Read moreX-ray laser takes aim at cosmic mystery
Scientists have used powerful X-rays from the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, to study and measure, in atomic detail, a key process at work in extreme plasmas like those found in stars, the rims of black holes and other massive cosmic phenomena.
Dec 12th, 2012
Read moreMicroquasar found in neighbor galaxy, tantalizing scientists
Object is first of its type found beyond our own Milky Way.
Dec 12th, 2012
Read moreAstronomers discover 'missing link' of black holes
The discovery of a bingeing black hole that is expelling powerful beams of material has shed new light on some of the brightest X-ray sources seen in other galaxies, according to new research led by Durham University.
Dec 12th, 2012
Read moreProviding a clearer view of our early Universe
A new data analysis tool will be used by researchers of the ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO) at Curtin University to handle large quantities of data coming in from the new low frequency radio telescope, the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA).
Dec 12th, 2012
Read moreGeminid meteors set to light up winter sky
On the evening of 13 and the morning of 14 December, skywatchers across the world will be looking up as the Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak, in potentially one of the best night sky events of the year.
Dec 12th, 2012
Read moreStudent team provides real-time video of asteroid Toutatis
An asteroid that some day might threaten Earth is passing relatively close by on the night of December 11-12, and its gliding path among the stars will be tracked by a team of high-school students at the Clay Center Observatory in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Dec 11th, 2012
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