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Stellar Monsters Do Not Collide: No Hope for a Spectacular Catastrophe
July 11, 2013 — One might expect that collisions between the remains of monstrous stars, with masses reaching 200-300 times that of our Sun, would be among the most spectacular phenomena in the Universe. Perhaps ... > full story -
Hubble Finds a True Blue Planet: Giant Jupiter-Sized Planet Located 63 Light-Years Away
July 11, 2013 — Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have deduced the actual visible-light color of a planet orbiting another star 63 light-years away. If seen directly the planet, known as HD 189733b, ... > full story -
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Bioenergy With Carbon Capture: Scientists Set out Path for Global Warming Reversal
July 11, 2013 — Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage can reverse the global warming trend and push temperatures back below the global target of 2°C above pre-industrial levels, even if current policies fail ... > full story -
Space Station Illuminates Dusty Plasmas for a Wide Range of Research
July 10, 2013 — One of the most frequently-used physics laboratories on the International Space Station recently completed its final set of experiments. The Plasma Kristall Experiment (PK-3 Plus) lab, a ... > full story -
IBEX Spacecraft Images the Heliotail, Revealing an Unexpected Structure
July 10, 2013 — NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer spacecraft recently provided the first complete pictures of the solar system's downwind region, revealing a unique and unexpected ... > full story -
Astronomers Witness Birth of Milky Way's Most Massive Star
July 10, 2013 — Scientists have observed in unprecedented detail the birth of a massive star within a dark cloud core about 10,000 light years from ... > full story -
Sun's Loops Are Displaying an Optical Illusion
July 9, 2013 — To understand how the corona is heated, some astronomers study coronal loops. These structures are shaped like an upside-down U and show where magnetic field lines are funneling solar gases or ... > full story -
Chemistry Riddle Solved
July 9, 2013 — Chemists have explained the structure of a non-classical carbocation. They have captured the 2-norbornyl cation as a crystal and determining beyond doubt the structure of this unusual and instable ... > full story -
Graphene on Its Way to Conquer Silicon Valley
July 9, 2013 — The remarkable material graphene promises a wide range of applications in future electronics that could complement or replace traditional silicon technology. Researchers have now paved the way for ... > full story -
Space-Time Is Not the Same for Everyone
July 9, 2013 — Before the Big Bang, space-time as we know it did not exist. So how was it born? The process of creating normal space-time from an earlier state dominated by quantum gravity has been studied for ... > full story
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