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A new color-coded image represents the first visual evidence of the existence of dark energy, a mysterious force that astronomers think is causing the expansion of the universe to speed up.”This is the first time when we actually see the effect of dark energy in a picture,” said study leader István Szapudi of the University […]
An artist’s impression shows the trio of super-Earths discovered by a European team and announced on June 16, 2008.
The three planets are 4.2, 6.7, and 9.4 times more massive than Earth and orbit the star HD 40307 every 4.3, 9.6, and 20.4 days, respectively.
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A brilliant burst of light marking a dying star’s final moments before exploding has been glimpsed by astronomers for the first time.Called a shock breakout, the x-ray flash—detected in January—signals the destruction of a star several times more massive than our sun.
This “first light” is just the opening salvo of a larger supernov blast that […]
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Posted By: ashley | May 23rd
The familiar eyeball shape of the Helix Nebula shows only two dimensions of this complex celestial body. But new observations suggest it may actually be composed of two gaseous disks nearly perpendicular to each other.
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By listening to the “ringing” of a nearby planet-harboring star, astronomers have for the first time identified the birthplace of one of our galaxy’s many drifting stars.
The yellow-orange star Iota Horologii, located 56 light-years away near the southern-sky constellation Horologium (”The Clock”), was discovered to harbor a planet about two times the size of Jupiter […]
From Nova Online:
How big is the universe? Could it be infinitely large? If the universe has an edge, what is beyond the edge? And if the universe had a beginning, what was going on before that?
Our experience of the everyday world does not prepare us to grasp the concept of an infinite universe. And yet, […]
From NewScientistSpace:
The objects scientists think are black holes could instead be wormholes leading to other universes, a new study says. If so, it would help resolve a quantum conundrum known as the black hole information paradox, but critics say it would also raise new problems, such as how the wormholes would form in the first […]
EL SEGUNDO, CA–(Marketwire - June 12, 2007) - The Northrop Grumman Foundation announced today that it will sponsor the national Weightless Flights of Discovery, an innovative science and engineering education program that incorporates zero gravity flight experiences for teachers. This year’s program will also include university students planning careers as teachers. The Northrop Grumman Foundation […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL–(Marketwire - June 8, 2007) - Lucy Hawking, daughter of Professor Stephen Hawking — the world-renowned physicist and expert on gravity — will fly aboard Zero Gravity Corporation’s weightless experience on its June 9 Father’s Day flight. This will be her opportunity to share the same weightless experience enjoyed by her father on […]