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Cosmic Swirly Straws: Galaxies Fed by Funnels of Fuel
Computer simulations of
galaxies growing over
billions of years have
revealed a likely scenario
for how they feed: a cosmic
version of swirly straws.
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Research Effort Deep Underground Could Sort out Cosmic-Scale Mysteries
Scientists have begun
delivery of germanium-76
detectors to an underground
laboratory in South Dakota
in a team research effort
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Detection of the Cosmic Gamma Ray Horizon: Measures All the Light in the Universe Since the Big Bang
Radiation from all galaxies
that ever existed suffuses
the universe with a diffuse
extragalactic background
light (EBL). Measuring the
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Fragile Mega-Galaxy Is Missing Link in History of Cosmos
Two hungry young galaxies
that collided 11 billion
years ago are rapidly
forming a massive galaxy
about 10 times the size of
the Milky Way, according to
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Volcanoes Cause Climate Gas Concentrations to Vary
May 22, 2013 — Trace gases and aerosols are major factors influencing the climate. With the help of highly complex installations, such as MIPAS on board of the ENVISAT satellite, researchers try to better ... > full story -
NASA Launching Experiment to Examine the Beginnings of the Universe
May 21, 2013 — When did the first stars and galaxies form in the universe? How brightly did they burn their nuclear fuel? Scientists will seek to gain answers to these questions with the launch of the Cosmic ... > full story -
World's Smallest Liquid Droplets Ever Made in the Lab, Experiment Suggests
May 16, 2013 — Physicists may have created the smallest drops of liquid ever made in the lab. That possibility has been raised by the results of a recent experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest ... > full story -
New Method Proposed for Detecting Gravitational Waves from Ends of Universe
May 16, 2013 — A new window into the nature of the universe may be possible with a device proposed by scientists that would detect elusive gravity waves from the other end of the ... > full story -
NASA Completes First Part of Webb Telescope's 'Eye Surgery' Operation
May 15, 2013 — Much like the inside of an operating room, in the clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., engineers worked meticulously to implant part of the eyes of the James Webb Space ... > full story -
Exotic Atoms Hold Clues to Unsolved Physics Puzzle at the Dawn of the Universe
May 8, 2013 — An international team of physicists has found the first direct evidence of pear shaped nuclei in exotic atoms. The findings could advance the search for a new fundamental force in nature that could ... > full storyMore: -
Astronomers Discover Surprising Clutch of Hydrogen Clouds Lurking Among Our Galactic Neighbors
May 8, 2013 — In a dark, starless patch of intergalactic space, astronomers have discovered a never-before-seen cluster of hydrogen clouds strewn between two nearby galaxies, Andromeda (M31) and Triangulum (M33). ... > full story -
New Kind of Cosmic Flash May Reveal Birth of a Black Hole
May 3, 2013 — According to an astrophysicist, a new kind of cosmic flash may reveal something never seen before: the birth of a black ... > full story -
'Shockingly Bright' Burst of Gamma Rays from Dying Star in Distant Galaxy
May 3, 2013 — A record-setting blast of gamma rays from a dying star in a distant galaxy has wowed astronomers around the world. The eruption, which is classified as a gamma-ray burst, or GRB, and designated GRB ... > full story -
New Dark Matter Detector Begins Its Search
May 2, 2013 — Scientists heard their first pops this week in an experiment that searches for signs of dark matter in the form of tiny bubbles. Scientists will need further analysis to discern whether dark matter ... > full story
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