items tagged with Astronomy
Need to study a black hole? Do it here on Earth!
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-21 08:17:22
Japanese researchers have successfully created conditions that exist just outside a black hole—at the accretion disk. With this pioneering method, astronomers will be able to learn more about the physics of black holes.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-21 08:17:22
Japanese researchers have successfully created conditions that exist just outside a black hole—at the accretion disk. With this pioneering method, astronomers will be able to learn more about the physics of black holes.
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Number of out-of-this-world planets shoots past 400
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-19 08:22:10
European astronomers have announced that 32 exoplanets have just been discovered using instruments at the European Southern Observatory, taking the number of planets orbiting around stars other than the Sun to over 400.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-19 08:22:10
European astronomers have announced that 32 exoplanets have just been discovered using instruments at the European Southern Observatory, taking the number of planets orbiting around stars other than the Sun to over 400.
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When galaxies collide: bright, bizarre NGC 2623
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-14 07:59:41
The Hubble Space Telescope has just revealed a gigantic collision of two spiral galaxies about 250 million light-years away from our own Milky Way galaxy. Check out the images of the resulting "bright and bizarre" galaxy that astronomers are calling NGC 2623.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-14 07:59:41
The Hubble Space Telescope has just revealed a gigantic collision of two spiral galaxies about 250 million light-years away from our own Milky Way galaxy. Check out the images of the resulting "bright and bizarre" galaxy that astronomers are calling NGC 2623.
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$4 million facility to support joint Australian, NZ bid for SKA
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-01 06:23:10
The Western Australian town of Geraldton, 460 kilometres north of Perth, is set to play a key role in Australian astronomy in support of the bid to host the $2.5 billion Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio-telescope, with the Australian Government’s announcement today that a new research facility is to be built in the town.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-01 06:23:10
The Western Australian town of Geraldton, 460 kilometres north of Perth, is set to play a key role in Australian astronomy in support of the bid to host the $2.5 billion Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio-telescope, with the Australian Government’s announcement today that a new research facility is to be built in the town.
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Theory wrong: Star-mass ratio isn't same in all galaxies
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-25 08:52:55
A theory was found to be wrong by a group of astronomers after their research shows that there isn’t a particular ratio of high-mass newborn stars to low-mass newborn stars in all types of galaxies. Instead, stars come in a random mix of masses.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-08-25 08:52:55
A theory was found to be wrong by a group of astronomers after their research shows that there isn’t a particular ratio of high-mass newborn stars to low-mass newborn stars in all types of galaxies. Instead, stars come in a random mix of masses.
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