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'Shockingly Bright' Burst of Gamma Rays from Dying Star in Distant Galaxy
May 3, 2013 — A record-setting blast of gamma rays from a dying star in a distant galaxy has wowed astronomers around the world. The eruption, which is classified as a gamma-ray burst, or GRB, and designated GRB ... > full story -
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Hearing the Russian Meteor, in America: Sound Arrived in 10 Hours, Lasted 10 More
May 3, 2013 — How powerful was February's meteor that crashed into Russia? Strong enough that its explosive entry into our atmosphere was detected almost 6,000 miles away in Lilburn, Ga., by infrasound sensors -- ... > full story -
Telling Time on Saturn: Undergraduate Student Shows How Planet's Magnetosphere Changes With the Seasons
May 3, 2013 — An undergraduate student has discovered that a process occurring in Saturn's magnetosphere is linked to the planet's seasons and changes with them, a finding that helps clarify the length of a Saturn ... > full story -
Robots Take Part in a Space Simulation
May 3, 2013 — The two robots Flobi and Nao worked full time for three weeks in an isolation study in Cologne. Scientists were studying how these intelligent assistance systems can help astronauts to keep fit ... > full story -
New Dark Matter Detector Begins Its Search
May 2, 2013 — Scientists heard their first pops this week in an experiment that searches for signs of dark matter in the form of tiny bubbles. Scientists will need further analysis to discern whether dark matter ... > full story -
An Anarchic Region of Star Formation
May 2, 2013 — The Danish 1.54-meter telescope located at the European Southern Observatory's La Silla Observatory in Chile has captured a striking image of NGC 6559, an object that showcases the anarchy that ... > full story -
Studying Meteorites May Reveal Mars' Secrets of Life
May 1, 2013 — In an effort to determine if conditions were ever right on Mars to sustain life, a team of scientists has examined a meteorite that formed on the Red Planet more than a billion years ... > full story -
The Day NASA's Fermi Dodged a 1.5-Ton Bullet
May 1, 2013 — NASA scientists don't often learn that their spacecraft is at risk of crashing into another satellite. But when Julie McEnery, the project scientist for NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, ... > full story -
Colossal Hot Cloud Envelopes Colliding Galaxies
April 30, 2013 — Scientists have completed a detailed study of an enormous cloud of hot gas enveloping two large, colliding galaxies. This unusually large reservoir of gas contains as much mass as 10 billion Suns, ... > full story -
Saturn's Youthful Appearance Explained
April 30, 2013 — As planets age they become darker and cooler. Saturn, however, is much brighter than expected for a planet of its age -- a question that has puzzled scientists since the late 1960s. New research has ... > full story
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