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Experiment Corrects Prediction in Quantum Theory
September 19, 2012 — Scientists are rewriting a page from the quantum physics rulebook using a laboratory once dubbed the coldest spot in the ... > full story -
Fireworks in the Early Universe: In Star-Forming Galaxies, Energy Bursts from Massive Central Black Hole Accretion
September 19, 2012 — Galaxies in the early universe grew fast by rapidly making new stars. Such prodigious star formation episodes, characterized by the intense radiation of the newborn stars, were often accompanied by ... > full story -
How Life Arose on Earth: Researchers Brew Up Organics on Ice
September 18, 2012 — Would you like icy organics with that? Maybe not in your coffee, but researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are creating concoctions of organics, or carbon-bearing molecules, on ice in the ... > full story -
Quasars: Mileposts Marking the Universe's Expansion
September 18, 2012 — Researchers have found a possible way to map the spread and structure of the universe, guided by the light of quasars. The technique, combined with the expected discovery of millions more far-away ... > full story -
Hubble Sees NGC 7090 — An Actively Star-Forming Galaxy
September 17, 2012 — A new image portrays a beautiful view of the galaxy NGC 7090, as seen by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxy is viewed edge-on from Earth, meaning we cannot easily see the spiral arms, ... > full story -
Spacetime Ripples from Dying Black Holes Could Help Reveal How They Formed
September 17, 2012 — Researchers have discovered a new property of black holes: their dying tones could reveal the cosmic crash that produced ... > full story -
World’s Most Powerful Digital Camera Opens Eye, Records First Images in Hunt for Dark Energy
September 17, 2012 — Eight billion years ago, rays of light from distant galaxies began their long journey to Earth. That ancient starlight has now found its way to a mountaintop in Chile, where the newly-constructed ... > full story -
First Planets Found Around Sun-Like Stars in a Cluster
September 14, 2012 — Astronomers have, for the first time, spotted planets orbiting sun-like stars in a crowded cluster of stars. The findings offer the best evidence yet that planets can sprout up in dense stellar ... > full story -
Nanoparticles: Two-Faced Materials Boost Hydrogen Production
September 12, 2012 — Inexpensive hybrid metal and oxide nanostructures prove to be a catalyst that enhance sunlight-powered hydrogen production, researchers have ... > full story -
A Celestial Witch’s Broom? A New View of the Pencil Nebula
September 12, 2012 — The Pencil Nebula is pictured in a new image from ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. This peculiar cloud of glowing gas is part of a huge ring of wreckage left over after a supernova ... > full story
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