items tagged with Universe
Space dust in plasma organizes into double helix shape—like DNA
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-08-21 09:05:31
Researchers used computer modeling to show that microscopic inorganic interstellar dust (space dust) injected into plasma will organize into single and double-helixes, the shape of DNA, with properties that look similar to living organisms.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-08-21 09:05:31
Researchers used computer modeling to show that microscopic inorganic interstellar dust (space dust) injected into plasma will organize into single and double-helixes, the shape of DNA, with properties that look similar to living organisms.
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Dark energy? It’s mysterious! It may decide the fate of our universe!
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-22 09:33:56
Dark energy is a type of energy that is only hypothesized to exist. If it does exist, it may permeate all of the universe, may increase the rate of the universe's expansion, and finally decide our fate. To find out if it exists, cosmologists are proposing several large-scale experiments.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-22 09:33:56
Dark energy is a type of energy that is only hypothesized to exist. If it does exist, it may permeate all of the universe, may increase the rate of the universe's expansion, and finally decide our fate. To find out if it exists, cosmologists are proposing several large-scale experiments.
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Great Canary Telescope flies free for first time
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-15 08:56:19
On Friday, July 13, 2007, the Great Canary Telescope (GCT), located on a mountain within the Canary Islands, began a one-year series of tests and preliminary observations on its 10.4 meter (34.1-foot) main mirror, the world's largest telescope for seeing visible and infrared light.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-15 08:56:19
On Friday, July 13, 2007, the Great Canary Telescope (GCT), located on a mountain within the Canary Islands, began a one-year series of tests and preliminary observations on its 10.4 meter (34.1-foot) main mirror, the world's largest telescope for seeing visible and infrared light.
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GalaxyZoo: Galactic number of volunteers needed to identify 1 million galaxies
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-12 18:03:42
Due to expanding technology, many more large-scale astronomical surveys are being conducted of large sections of the sky. Because of this technological ability, millions of galaxies are being examined. However, some of them need your help!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-12 18:03:42
Due to expanding technology, many more large-scale astronomical surveys are being conducted of large sections of the sky. Because of this technological ability, millions of galaxies are being examined. However, some of them need your help!
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Look back in time about 13.2 billion years, to Dark Age of universe
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-12 08:55:51
The Keck II telescope, the world’s largest telescope, on top of Mauna Kea (Hawaii) has looked at the early universe when it was only 500 millions of years old—only a baby in astronomical time—and found evidence of galaxies just beginning to form stars.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-12 08:55:51
The Keck II telescope, the world’s largest telescope, on top of Mauna Kea (Hawaii) has looked at the early universe when it was only 500 millions of years old—only a baby in astronomical time—and found evidence of galaxies just beginning to form stars.
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Homestake Gold Mine in Dakota Black Hills selected as next national laboratory
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-07-10 21:17:04
On July 10, 2007, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) chose the abandoned Homestake gold mine in South Dakota as the location for its newest national underground laboratory—for the study of the evolution and characteristics of the universe.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-07-10 21:17:04
On July 10, 2007, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) chose the abandoned Homestake gold mine in South Dakota as the location for its newest national underground laboratory—for the study of the evolution and characteristics of the universe.
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What’s next? Drive-through breast jobs!
Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2007-07-10 11:11:27
Just what the world needs? Fat suctioned from the stomack, buttocks, or thighs is then injected within one hour into the breasts for a new type of breast enlargement technique.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2007-07-10 11:11:27
Just what the world needs? Fat suctioned from the stomack, buttocks, or thighs is then injected within one hour into the breasts for a new type of breast enlargement technique.
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Weird science goes to space in search of life
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-06 19:58:49
According to the National Research Council (NRC), the search for extraterrestrial (ET) life beyond Earth’s solar system should be widened throughout the universe to include investigations that includes “weird” life.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-06 19:58:49
According to the National Research Council (NRC), the search for extraterrestrial (ET) life beyond Earth’s solar system should be widened throughout the universe to include investigations that includes “weird” life.
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Cosmic Forgetfulness: Time before the Big Bang
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-03 08:40:10
What if our universe is an endless series of Big Bangs (expansions) and Big Crunches (contractions)? Can we see time before the Big Bang? One scientist is looking into this possibility.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-03 08:40:10
What if our universe is an endless series of Big Bangs (expansions) and Big Crunches (contractions)? Can we see time before the Big Bang? One scientist is looking into this possibility.
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Big Bang test delayed at CERN’s LHC until 2008
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-06-08 11:03:49
Scientists at the proton-proton Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator and collider will postpone a test that could help solve the mystery of what happened a few nanoseconds after the Big Bang.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-06-08 11:03:49
Scientists at the proton-proton Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator and collider will postpone a test that could help solve the mystery of what happened a few nanoseconds after the Big Bang.
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Another 28 exoplanets found
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-29 02:49:41
The California and Carnegie Planet Search team and the Anglo-Australian Planet Search team have jointly announced the discovery of another 28 planets outside the solar system, adding more than one-eighth to the previous tally.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-29 02:49:41
The California and Carnegie Planet Search team and the Anglo-Australian Planet Search team have jointly announced the discovery of another 28 planets outside the solar system, adding more than one-eighth to the previous tally.
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NASA probes sinkhole as proxy for icy moon
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-20 05:47:22
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-20 05:47:22
EL ZACATON, Mexico (Reuters) - NASA is testing an underwater robot in one of Earth's deepest sinkholes in a first step toward searching for life on Jupiter's icy moon, Europa.
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Hot "ice" may cover recently discovered planet
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-17 04:22:18
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-17 04:22:18
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An odd planet the size of Neptune, made mostly of hot, solid water, has been discovered orbiting a nearby star and offers evidence that other planets may be covered with oceans, European astronomers reported on Wednesday.
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X-ray observations point to mid-sized black hole
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-17 02:59:12
NASA astronomers have used observations from the ESA's XMM-Newton orbiting X-ray observatory to identify what appears to be intermediate mass black hole.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-17 02:59:12
NASA astronomers have used observations from the ESA's XMM-Newton orbiting X-ray observatory to identify what appears to be intermediate mass black hole.
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Hubble finds first for dark matter: Separate ring around galaxy cluster
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-15 21:19:13
The Hubble Space Telescope finds a ring of “dark matter” expanding from a large collision between two galaxy clusters—completely away from ordinary matter, which is a first for the detection of dark matter.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-15 21:19:13
The Hubble Space Telescope finds a ring of “dark matter” expanding from a large collision between two galaxy clusters—completely away from ordinary matter, which is a first for the detection of dark matter.
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Can we find proof of other universes?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-13 11:04:42
A scientist from the University of California (Santa Cruz) says YES. He thinks we can find proof of the existence of other universes.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-13 11:04:42
A scientist from the University of California (Santa Cruz) says YES. He thinks we can find proof of the existence of other universes.
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Astronomers discover HE 1523 star: Almost as old as universe
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-12 10:53:59
HE 1523-0901 is a star within our Milky Way galaxy that astronomers estimate to be about 13.3 billion years old. It is the oldest object yet discovered in our galaxy. HE 1523 is only about 400 million years younger than the age of the universe itself (estimated at 13.7 billion years).
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-12 10:53:59
HE 1523-0901 is a star within our Milky Way galaxy that astronomers estimate to be about 13.3 billion years old. It is the oldest object yet discovered in our galaxy. HE 1523 is only about 400 million years younger than the age of the universe itself (estimated at 13.7 billion years).
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Hubble telescope successor on target
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-11 04:26:02
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-11 04:26:02
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The James Webb Space Telescope, intended to peer deep into the cosmos from beyond the moon, is progressing well in development and is on track for a planned June 2013 launch, officials said on Thursday.
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SN 2006gy: brightest supernova ever seen
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-07 20:59:33
Supernova SN 2006gy, the brightest ever recorded, appears to be a previously undetected type, astronomers say.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-07 20:59:33
Supernova SN 2006gy, the brightest ever recorded, appears to be a previously undetected type, astronomers say.
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Hubble observations challenge conventional theories
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-02 17:01:12
The discovery of three generations of stars in globular cluster by astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope has brought conventional theories of star formation into question.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-02 17:01:12
The discovery of three generations of stars in globular cluster by astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope has brought conventional theories of star formation into question.
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