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Hubble Resolves Puzzle About Loner Starburst Galaxy
Astronomers have long
puzzled over why a small,
nearby, isolated galaxy is
pumping out new stars faster
than any galaxy in our local
neighborhood. Now NASA's
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NASA And DOE Collaborate On Dark Energy Research
NASA and the U.S. Department
of Energy have signed a
memorandum of understanding
for the implementation of
the Joint Dark Energy
Mission, or JDEM. The
... > full story
Mystery Of Missing Hydrogen: Apparent Absence From Distant Galaxies Puzzles Astronomers
Something vital is missing
in the far distant reaches
of the universe: hydrogen --
the raw material for stars,
planets and possible life.
... > full story
Mysterious Source Of High-Energy Cosmic Radiation Discovered: Nearby Exotic Object?
Scientists have discovered a
previously unidentified
nearby source of high-energy
cosmic rays. The finding was
made with a NASA-funded
... > full story
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Billions Of Particles Of Anti-matter Created In Laboratory
November 18, 2008 — Take a gold sample the size of the head of a push pin, shoot a laser through it, and suddenly more than 100 billion particles of anti-matter appear. The anti-matter, also known as positrons, shoots ... > full story -
Telescope Views Glowing Stellar Nurseries
November 11, 2008 — An APEX telescope image reveals how an expanding bubble of ionized gas about ten light-years across is causing the surrounding material to collapse into dense clumps that are the birthplaces of new ... > full story -
Physicists Create BlackMax To Search For Extra Dimensions In The Universe
November 9, 2008 — Theoretical and experimental physicists have designed a new black hole simulator called BlackMax to search for evidence that extra dimensions might exist in the ... > full story -
Pool Of Distant Galaxies: Deepest Ultraviolet Image Of The Universe Yet
November 8, 2008 — This uniquely beautiful patchwork image, with its myriad of brightly colored galaxies, shows the Chandra Deep Field South (CDF-S), arguably the most observed and best studied region in the entire ... > full story -
Giant Simulation Could Solve Mystery Of 'Dark Matter'
November 6, 2008 — The search for a mysterious substance which makes up most of the universe could soon be at an end, according to new ... > full story -
'Ghost Of Mirach' Materializes In Space Telescope Image
November 3, 2008 — NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer has lifted the veil off a ghost known to haunt the local universe, providing new insight into the formation and evolution of galaxies. The eerie creature, called NGC ... > full story -
Searching For Primordial Antimatter
October 30, 2008 — Scientists are on the hunt for evidence of antimatter -- matter's arch nemesis -- left over from the very early Universe. New results using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Compton ... > full story -
The Great Cosmic Challenge
October 29, 2008 — Today cosmologists are challenging the world to solve a compelling statistical problem, to bring us closer to understanding the nature of dark matter and energy which makes up 95 per cent of the ... > full story -
Good Vibrations Of Nearby Stars: Satellite Data Sheds New Light On The Sun
October 24, 2008 — Some of the first data collected by the CoRoT space telescope mission, launched in December 2006, provides valuable information about the physical vibrations and surface characteristics of nearby ... > full story -
Throwing Light On The Dark Side Of The Universe
October 22, 2008 — Although we may believe humans know a lot about the Universe, there are still a lot of phenomena to be explained. A team of cosmologists are searching for the model that best explains the evolution ... > full story
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