
Cosmic Swirly Straws: Galaxies Fed by Funnels of Fuel
Computer simulations of
galaxies growing over
billions of years have
revealed a likely scenario
for how they feed: a cosmic
version of swirly straws.
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Detection of the Cosmic Gamma Ray Horizon: Measures All the Light in the Universe Since the Big Bang
Radiation from all galaxies
that ever existed suffuses
the universe with a diffuse
extragalactic background
light (EBL). Measuring the
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Accurate Distance Measurement Resolves Major Astronomical Mystery
Astronomers have resolved a
major problem in their
understanding of a class of
stars that undergo regular
outbursts by accurately
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Hubble Reveals the Ring Nebula’s True Shape
The Ring Nebula's
distinctive shape makes it a
popular illustration for
astronomy books. But new
observations by NASA's
Hubble Space Telescope of
... > full story
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Hidden Population of Exotic Neutron Stars
May 23, 2013 Magnetars -- the dense remains of dead stars that erupt sporadically with bursts of high-energy radiation -- are some of the most extreme objects known in the Universe. A major campaign using NASA's ... > full story -
Spectacular Stellar Nursery: ESO's Very Large Telescope Celebrates 15 Years of Success
May 23, 2013 With this new view of a spectacular stellar nursery ESO is celebrating 15 years of the Very Large Telescope — the world's most advanced optical instrument. This picture reveals thick clumps of ... > full story -
Forecast for Saturn's Moon Titan: Wild Weather Could Be Ahead
May 22, 2013 Saturn's moon Titan might be in for some wild weather as it heads into its spring and summer, if two new models are correct. Scientists think that as the seasons change in Titan's northern ... > full story -
Fragile Mega-Galaxy Is Missing Link in History of Cosmos
May 22, 2013 Two hungry young galaxies that collided 11 billion years ago are rapidly forming a massive galaxy about 10 times the size of the Milky Way, according to new ... > full story -
Model of Sun's Magnetic Field Created
May 22, 2013 Researchers have uncovered an important mechanism behind the generation of astrophysical magnetic fields such as that of the ... > full story -
NASA's IRIS Mission Readies for a New Challenge
May 21, 2013 NASA is getting ready to launch a new mission, a mission to observe a largely unexplored region of the solar atmosphere that powers its dynamic million-degree outer atmosphere and drives the solar ... > full story -
NASA Launching Experiment to Examine the Beginnings of the Universe
May 21, 2013 When did the first stars and galaxies form in the universe? How brightly did they burn their nuclear fuel? Scientists will seek to gain answers to these questions with the launch of the Cosmic ... > full story -
Nine-Year-Old Mars Rover Passes 40-Year-Old Record
May 17, 2013 While Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt visited Earth's moon for three days in December 1972, they drove their mission's Lunar Roving Vehicle 19.3 nautical miles (22.210 statute ... > full story -
NASA's Asteroid Sample Return Mission Moves Into Development
May 16, 2013 NASA's first mission to sample an asteroid is moving ahead into development and testing in preparation for its launch in ... > full story -
Galaxy's 'Burning Ring of Fire' Is Frenetic Region of Star Formation
May 16, 2013 Johnny Cash may have preferred this galaxy's burning ring of fire to the one he sang about falling into in his popular song. The "starburst ring" seen at center of a new image in red and yellow hues ... > full story
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