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Automated Telescope Network Finds Neptune-Sized World »
Posted by: altnrg 9 months, 4 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have discovered a planet somewhat larger and more massive than Neptune orbiting a star 120 light-years from Earth.
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Astronomers Discover Link Between Supermassive Black Holes And Galaxy Formation »
Posted by: myfairlady 9 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
A pair of astronomers from Texas and Germany have used a telescope at The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory together with Hubble ...
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How Magnetic Forces Shape Cosmic Jets Of Matter Streaming Out Of Stars »
Posted by: myfairlady 9 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Some of the most breathtaking objects in the cosmos are the jets of matter streaming out of stars, but astrophysicists have long been at a ...
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Two Planets Suffer Violent Collision »
Posted by: Neophile 1 year, 1 month ago in Science & Technology
Two terrestrial planets orbiting a mature sun-like star some 300 light-years from Earth recently suffered a violent collision, astronomers at UCLA, Tennessee State University and ...
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11-Year-Old Graduates College With Degree in Astrophysics »
Posted by: GregD 4 months, 4 weeks ago in News
At the age of an average sixth-grader, Cavalin has gradated from East Los Angeles Community College. But, graduating college at 11 may not be his ...
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Astronomers Find Super Neptune »
Posted by: pleeplop 9 months, 4 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have discovered a planet somewhat larger and more massive than Neptune orbiting a star 120 light-years from Earth ...
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The Pluto Files. 0393065200. ShopUSA::, Books, Bargain Books {PAGE} »
Posted by: Ydj544w6a 6 months, 2 weeks ago in News
The Pluto Files, the lost planet.
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"Naked-Eye" Gamma-Ray Burst Was Aimed Squarely At Earth »
Posted by: capn_caveman 1 year, 2 months ago in Science & Technology
Data from satellites and observatories around the globe show a jet from a powerful stellar explosion witnessed March 19 was aimed almost directly at Earth.
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1843 stellar eruption new type of star explosion »
Posted by: capn_caveman 1 year, 2 months ago in Science & Technology
Eta Carinae, the galaxy's biggest, brightest and perhaps most studied star after the sun, has been keeping a secret: Its giant outbursts appear to ...
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NASA Announces 2009 Astronomy and Astrophysics Fellows »
Posted by: Rigel 8 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
NASA has selected fellows in three areas of astronomy and astrophysics for its Einstein, Hubble, and Sagan Fellowships. The recipients of this year's post-doctoral ...
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Brown Dwarfs Revealed As Third Class Of Celestial Bodies After Stars And Planets »
Posted by: capn_caveman 1 year, 2 months ago in Science & Technology
The systematics of celestial bodies apparently needs to be revised. Researchers at the Argelander Institute of Astronomy of the University of Bonn have discovered that ...
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Some solar flares may be caused by dark matter »
Posted by: capn_caveman 1 year, 2 months ago in Science & Technology
Some solar flares may be caused by dark matter particles called axions spewing out from the center of the Sun, new calculations suggest.
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Science vs. Atheism »
Posted by: x_nihilo 1 month, 2 weeks ago in News
Discoveries In Cosmology/Astrophysics Leave Scientists Doubting Atheism
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Super-sized Supernova Explosion Observed Start to Finish Including Black Hole Ending »
Posted by: ideaman21 7 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Scientists have managed to observe a super-sized supernova explosion from start to finish, including the black hole ending.
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Earth Not Center Of The Universe, Surrounded By 'Dark Energy' »
Posted by: myfairlady 11 months ago in Science & Technology
Earth's location in the Universe is utterly unremarkable, despite recent theories that propose toppling a foundation of modern cosmology, according to a team of ...
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