Spitzer
Black hole inside “death star galaxy” fires on sister galaxy
By: William Atkins
According to NASA, a black hole at the center of a large galaxy is assaulting its smaller sister galaxy with a jet full of deadly radiation. The two galaxies, called 3C321, are in orbit about each other.
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By: William Atkins
According to NASA, a black hole at the center of a large galaxy is assaulting its smaller sister galaxy with a jet full of deadly radiation. The two galaxies, called 3C321, are in orbit about each other.
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First direct evidence of early flattening as planets form
By: William Atkins
Illinois astronomers used the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope to show that early in the planet-forming phase a spinning cloud of gas and dust flattens as it begins to develop into a planet. This discovery will help astronomers learn more about how our own Sun looked when it was first born.
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By: William Atkins
Illinois astronomers used the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope to show that early in the planet-forming phase a spinning cloud of gas and dust flattens as it begins to develop into a planet. This discovery will help astronomers learn more about how our own Sun looked when it was first born.
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Clear evidence of planet formation found in Pleiades
By: William Atkins
The Pleiades (M45) open star cluster, about 400 light-years away from the solar system, has been clearly found to contain activity involving the formation of planets as the result of collisions between planets.
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By: William Atkins
The Pleiades (M45) open star cluster, about 400 light-years away from the solar system, has been clearly found to contain activity involving the formation of planets as the result of collisions between planets.
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Earth- or Mars-like body likely forming in HD 113766 star system
By: William Atkins
A planetesimal that could look very closely like Earth or Mars is forming around one of the stars of a binary star system called HD 113766, which is about 424 light-years away from us. It was found with the use of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
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By: William Atkins
A planetesimal that could look very closely like Earth or Mars is forming around one of the stars of a binary star system called HD 113766, which is about 424 light-years away from us. It was found with the use of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
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Why car exhaust and exploded star N132D may help explain origins of life
By: William Atkins
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are organic pollutants found in car exhaust and cigarette smoke. They are also found in supernova remnant N132D, the material left over after an old star exploded. Scientists theorize that PAHs play an essential role in the development of life.
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By: William Atkins
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are organic pollutants found in car exhaust and cigarette smoke. They are also found in supernova remnant N132D, the material left over after an old star exploded. Scientists theorize that PAHs play an essential role in the development of life.
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Water found in young star NGC 1333-IRAS-4B
By: William Atkins
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By: William Atkins
The NASA Spitzer Space Telescope has found abundant amounts of water vapor inside a young star system that could likely be forming planets. The discovery is the first of its kind—to provide direct evidence of water beginning to interact in a planet-forming star system.
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First proof of water found on planet outside Earth’s solar system
By: William Atkins
At about 370.3 trillion miles from the Earth, the best evidence to date has been found concerning the existence of water on an extrasolar planet, or a planet circling a star other than our Sun. And, the abundance of water on such planets is key to finding alien life.
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By: William Atkins
At about 370.3 trillion miles from the Earth, the best evidence to date has been found concerning the existence of water on an extrasolar planet, or a planet circling a star other than our Sun. And, the abundance of water on such planets is key to finding alien life.
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Helix nebula may hint of our fate in billions of years
By: William Atkins
The NASA Spitzer Space Telescope has observed a glowing dust ring around a hot white dwarf star in the center of the Helix nebula. Astronomers think that this picture could be the fate of our solar system in about five billion years when the Sun depletes its storehouse of hydrogen fuel and engulfs the Earth.
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By: William Atkins
The NASA Spitzer Space Telescope has observed a glowing dust ring around a hot white dwarf star in the center of the Helix nebula. Astronomers think that this picture could be the fate of our solar system in about five billion years when the Sun depletes its storehouse of hydrogen fuel and engulfs the Earth.
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Molecules on exoplanets—possible precursors to life—first seen by Spitzer
By: William Atkins
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has collected enough light from distant planets—what are called exoplanets—to detect molecules in their atmospheres. Astronomers were not expecting to accomplish such a feat so soon in their search. Consequently, they are ecstatic about the possibility of eventually finding life on exoplanets.
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By: William Atkins
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has collected enough light from distant planets—what are called exoplanets—to detect molecules in their atmospheres. Astronomers were not expecting to accomplish such a feat so soon in their search. Consequently, they are ecstatic about the possibility of eventually finding life on exoplanets.
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