Posts Tagged ‘astronomy’
Science & Technology - Aug 30, 2011 11:21 - 1 Comment
40 years later, solar wind problem solved
U. WARWICK (UK) — Physicists have explained the unusual observations of turbulence in solar wind made by the probe Mariner 5 in 1971. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 18, 2011 16:00 - 0 Comments
Could briny drops harbor life on Mars?
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Beads of liquid brine may open the door to the possibility of microbial life on Mars, according to an international study. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 25, 2011 16:12 - 0 Comments
Gargantuan, farthest water mass found
CALTECH/U. COLORADO (US) — A mass of water vapor in a quasar that is 30 billion trillion miles away is at least 140 trillion times that of all the water in the world’s oceans combined, and 100,000 times more massive than the sun. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 15, 2011 15:06 - 1 Comment
Binary stars have a fatal attraction
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — A pair of burnt-out stars spiraling into one another at breakneck speeds will merge and possibly explode as a supernova in about 900,000 years. (more…)
Top Stories - Jul 15, 2011 11:06 - 1 Comment
‘Twisted’ solution to antimatter vs. matter
U. WARWICK (UK) — Physicists may have neglected the significant effect of our galaxy’s rotation on the pattern of how subatomic particles breakdown, a new study suggests. (more…)
Top Stories - Jul 8, 2011 10:05 - 11 Comments
Universe born in a spin—and still whirling?
U. MICHIGAN (US) — New findings raise questions about the universe’s assumed mirror symmetry—and seem to suggest the early universe spun on an axis. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 7, 2011 14:28 - 6 Comments
Universe’s most distant quasar
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — Astronomers have discovered the most distant quasar to date—the brightest object yet found from a time when the Universe was less than 800 million years old. (more…)
Top Stories - Jun 30, 2011 10:26 - 0 Comments
Gassy Neptune’s spots track its day
U. ARIZONA (US) — A day on Neptune lasts precisely 15 hours, 57 minutes and 59 seconds—the first accurate measurement of any gas planet in the solar system in almost 350 years. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 23, 2011 12:36 - 0 Comments
Is Saturn moon hiding a salty ocean?
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — Samples of icy spray ejected from a Saturn moon and collected by the Cassini spacecraft make a strong case for the existence of a subterranean saltwater ocean. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 20, 2011 11:06 - 4 Comments
Voyager 1 nears the final frontier
JOHNS HOPKINS U. (US) — By the end of next year, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft may after 34 years finally go where no man-made object has gone before—interstellar space. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 17, 2011 12:17 - 0 Comments
Black hole eats star, spews light beam
U. WARWICK (UK) — A big, bright bang recorded by astronomers came from a distant black hole that ripped apart a star and blasted an energy beam to Earth. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 13, 2011 11:51 - 0 Comments
Inner look shows what fuels black holes
GEORGIA TECH (US) — X-ray fingerprints are giving astrophysicists an up-close view of the eating habits of giant black holes. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 10, 2011 10:15 - 0 Comments
Oddball supernova bright and baffling
CALTECH (US) — Bright blue supernovae that are among the most luminous in the cosmos and are unlike any seen before, may help explain star formation, distant galaxies, and what the early universe might have been like. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 1, 2011 15:09 - 0 Comments
Dead galaxies alive and well
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Old galaxies long thought to be finished making stars are still alive and producing at low levels, according to new research. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 25, 2011 12:50 - 0 Comments
Double trouble: Feuding white dwarfs
U. WARWICK (UK) — Researchers have found an unusual double star system made up of feuding white dwarfs. Each star appears to be stripped down to just its helium. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 19, 2011 8:54 - 1 Comment
Sonic booms give birth to stars
CARDIFF U. (UK) — Interstellar sonic booms traveling through the galaxy leave filaments of gas and dust in their wake that stretch for tens of light years and contain newly-born stars in their densest regions. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 12, 2011 10:24 - 0 Comments
To find life, search near dying stars
U. WASHINGTON (US) —The best place to look for planets that can support life may be around dim, dying stars called white dwarfs. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 8, 2011 13:12 - 0 Comments
Sun-like stars brighten and dim
IOWA STATE (US) — Five hundred stars similar to our sun in size, age, composition, and location in the Milky Way are bringing to new light how stars evolve. (more…)
