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An international team of researchers has found for the first time that the connection between a galaxy cluster and surrounding dark matter is not characterized solely by the mass of clusters, but also by their formation history.
Jan 25th, 2016
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The beginning of the cosmos is cloaked and hidden from the view of our most powerful telescopes. Yet observations we make today can give clues to the universe's origin. New research suggests a novel way of probing the beginning of space and time to determine which of the competing theories is correct.
Jan 25th, 2016
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Life on other planets would probably go extinct soon after its origin, due to runaway heating or cooling on their fledgling planets.
Jan 21st, 2016
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Researchers have found evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the outer solar system. The object, which the researchers have nicknamed Planet Nine, has a mass about 10 times that of Earth and orbits about 20 times farther from the sun on average than does Neptune.
Jan 20th, 2016
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NASA's Van Allen Probes revealed that the shape of the radiation belts is actually quite different depending on what type of electron you're looking at.
Jan 20th, 2016
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Right now, astronomers are viewing a ball of hot gas billions of light years away that is radiating the energy of hundreds of billions of suns. At its heart is an object a little larger than 10 miles across. And astronomers are not entirely sure what it is.
Jan 14th, 2016
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New methods allow precise measurements of the gravity of stars and the size of exoplanets.
Jan 14th, 2016
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Newly formed dwarf galaxies were likely the reason that the universe heated up about 13 billion years ago, according to new work by an international team of scientists. The finding opens an avenue for better understanding the early period of the universe's 14 billion year history.
Jan 14th, 2016
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Scientists working with the Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC) observatory have reported the discovery of the most energetic pulsed emission radiation ever detected from the neutron star in the center of the supernova of 1054 A.D., known as the Crab pulsar.
Jan 12th, 2016
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Researchers developed a Martian concrete using materials naturally found on the planet. The high-strength concrete can be quickly created and is durable enough to withstand meteorite impacts - a key element needed to create viable shelters for humans.
Jan 8th, 2016
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A trio of brightly pulsating stars at the outskirts of the Milky Way is racing away from the galaxy and may confirm a method for detecting dwarf galaxies dominated by dark matter and explain ripples in the outer disk of the galaxy.
Jan 8th, 2016
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Formed in the first 4 billion years of the universe, cluster is 1,000 times more massive than the Milky Way.
Jan 8th, 2016
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Researchers have discovered a distant, ancient cloud of gas that may contain the signature of the very first stars that formed in the Universe.
Jan 7th, 2016
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Researchers have discovered a powerful galactic blast produced by a giant black hole about 26 million light years from Earth. The black hole is the nearest supermassive black hole to Earth that is currently undergoing such violent outbursts.
Jan 6th, 2016
Read moreNew work indicates that one recently developed method for determining a star's age needs to be recalibrated for stars that are older than our Sun. This is due to new information about the way older stars spin, as spin rate is one of the few windows into stellar ages.
Jan 4th, 2016
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An international group of astronomers has discovered strong magnetic fields are common in stars, not rare as previously thought, which will dramatically impact our understanding of how stars evolve.
Jan 4th, 2016
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