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Planets Can Form in the Galactic Center
September 11, 2012 — At first glance, the center of the Milky Way seems like a very inhospitable place to try to form a planet. Powerful gravitational forces from a supermassive black hole twist and warp the fabric of ... > full story -
Was Kepler's Supernova Unusually Powerful?
September 11, 2012 — A new analysis of Kepler's supernova suggests that the supernova explosion was not only more powerful, but might have also occurred at a greater distance, than previously ... > full story -
Public Maps out an A to Z of Galaxies
September 11, 2012 — Members of the public have constructed an A to Z of galaxies in the night sky. Volunteers participating in the Galaxy Zoo project have been helping scientists gain new insights by classifying ... > full story -
New Approach to Cosmic Lithium in the Early Universe
September 7, 2012 — Astrophysicists have explored a discrepancy between the amount of lithium predicted by the standard models of elemental production during the Big Bang and the amount of lithium observed in the gas of ... > full story -
Hubble Resolves Globular Cluster M 4 Into Multitude of Glowing Orbs
September 7, 2012 — A sparkling picture taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the center of globular cluster M 4. The power of Hubble has resolved the cluster into a multitude of glowing orbs, each a ... > full story -
Quantum World Only Partially Melts: Ultracold Atoms Reveal Surprising New Quantum Effects
September 6, 2012 — Scientists are investigating the transition of quantum systems as they approach thermal equilibrium. Scientists have now detected an astonishingly stable intermediate state between order and ... > full story -
Odd Galaxy Couple on Space Voyage
September 6, 2012 — Two very different galaxies drift through space together in a new image taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The peculiar galaxy pair is called Arp ... > full story -
Mathematicians Offer Unified Theory of Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Altering Einstein Field Equations
September 6, 2012 — A pair of mathematicians have proposed a unified theory of dark matter and dark energy that alters Einstein's equations describing the fundamentals of gravity. They suggest the law of energy and ... > full story -
In Quest of the Cosmic Origins of Silver: Silver and Gold Materialized in Different Stellar Explosions
September 6, 2012 — In the quest for the cosmic origins of heavy elements, a researcher has established that silver can only have materialized during the explosion of clearly defined types of star. These are different ... > full story -
NASA Mission to Study Magnetic Explosions Passes Major Review
September 5, 2012 — On August 31, 2012, NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission proved it was ready for its next steps by passing what's called a Systems Integration Review (SIR), which deems a mission ready to ... > full story
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