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Saturday, November 7, 2009

Rapid Supernova Could Be New Class Of Exploding Star

Astronomers were looking through seven-year-old data when they chanced upon a very strange supernova that flashed and was gone in less than a month, when 3-4 ...  > full story

Hubble Image Showcases Star Birth In M83, The Southern Pinwheel

The spectacular new camera installed on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4 in May has delivered the most detailed view of star birth ...  > full story

Carbon Atmosphere Discovered On Neutron Star

Evidence for a thin veil of carbon has been found on the neutron star in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. This discovery resolves a ten-year mystery ...  > full story

Shedding Light On The Cosmic Skeleton

Astronomers have tracked down a gigantic, previously unknown assembly of galaxies located almost seven billion light-years away from us. The discovery, made possible by combining two of the most ...  > full story
 

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