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Astronomers have used the APEX telescope to probe a huge galaxy cluster that is forming in the early Universe and revealed that much of the star formation taking place is not only hidden by dust, but also occurring in unexpected places. This is the first time that a full census of the star formation in such an object has been possible.
Oct 15th, 2014
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NASA's MAVEN spacecraft has provided scientists their first look at a storm of energetic solar particles at Mars and produced unprecedented ultraviolet images of the tenuous oxygen, hydrogen and carbon coronas surrounding the Red Planet.
Oct 15th, 2014
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As the search for Earth-like planets wages on, a team of researchers may have found a way to speed up the process. The team is developing a new laser-based technology known as the green astro-comb to obtain information about the mass of a distant planet. Using this information, astronomers will be able to determine whether distant exoplanets are rocky worlds like Earth or less dense gas giants like Jupiter.
Oct 14th, 2014
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Is matter falling into the massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way or being ejected from it? No one knows for sure, but an astrophysicist is searching for an answer.
Oct 14th, 2014
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MIT team independently assesses the technical feasibility of the proposed Mars One mission.
Oct 14th, 2014
Read moreFocusing on large, star-forming galaxies, researchers were able to measure radiation leaks in an effort to better understand how the universe evolved as the first stars were formed.
Oct 10th, 2014
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A team of scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope has made the most detailed global map yet of the glow from a planet orbiting another star, revealing secrets of air temperatures and water.
Oct 9th, 2014
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Gamma rays are the highest-energy form of radioactive waves known in the universe. However, how they're made and where they come from have been a bit of a mystery. But now a team of researchers has made a discovery that may shed some light on the subject.
Oct 9th, 2014
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Astronomers have discovered a black hole that is consuming gas from a nearby star 10 times faster than previously thought possible. The black hole - known as P13 - lies on the outskirts of the galaxy NGC7793 about 12 million light years from Earth and is ingesting a weight equivalent to 100 billion billion hot dogs every minute.
Oct 9th, 2014
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A new measurement of dark matter in the Milky Way has revealed there is half as much of the mysterious substance as previously thought.
Oct 9th, 2014
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Astronomers have found a pulsating, dead star beaming with the energy of about 10 million suns. This is the brightest pulsar ever recorded.
Oct 8th, 2014
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An international team of astronomers has been able to see into the heart of an exploding star, by combining data from telescopes that are hundreds or even thousands of kilometers apart.
Oct 8th, 2014
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Researchers find that a volcanic plume, not an asteroid, likely created the moon's largest basin.
Oct 2nd, 2014
Read moreThe increasing number of small CubeSat satellites being launched combined with a relaxed attitude to debris mitigation could lead to hazards for all space users unless preventative measures are taken, warns a leading space debris expert.
Sep 30th, 2014
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Chemical fingerprints of the element nitrogen vary by extremes in materials from the molecules of life to the solar wind to interstellar dust. Ideas for how this great variety came about have included alien molecules shuttled in by icy comets from beyond our solar system and complex chemical scenarios. New experiments using a powerful source of ultraviolet light have shown that no extra-solar explanation is needed and the chemistry is straight forward.
Sep 30th, 2014
Read moreAstronomers have found two new Jupiter-sized extra-solar planets, each orbiting one star of a binary-star system.
Sep 30th, 2014
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