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Where Did Today's Spiral Galaxies Come From?
Using data from the NASA/ESA
Hubble Space Telescope,
astronomers have created a
demographic census of galaxy
types and shapes from a time
before the Earth and the sun
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Merging Galaxies Create a Binary Quasar
Astronomers have found the
first clear evidence of a
binary quasar within a pair
of actively merging
galaxies. Binary quasars,
like other quasars, are
thought to be the product of
... > full story
Reaching for the Stars to Create Music of the Universe
While a supernova can be
seen, it can't be heard, as
sound waves cannot travel
through space. But what if
the light waves emitted by
the exploding star and other
... > full story
Hubble Catches End of Star-Making Party in Nearby Dwarf Galaxy
Galaxies throughout the
universe are ablaze with
star birth. But for a
nearby, small spiral galaxy,
the star-making party is
almost over. Astronomers
... > full story
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Universe Is 30 Times More Run Down Than Thought, Astronomers Find
January 27, 2010 — Cars run out of petrol, stars run out of fuel and galaxies collapse into black holes. As they do, the universe and everything in it is gradually running down. But how run down is it? Researchers from ... > full story -
Cosmology: Weak Gravitational Lensing Improves Measurements of Distant Galaxies
January 21, 2010 — A cosmologist has extended the relationship between the x-ray luminosity and the mass of galaxy clusters as measured by gravitational lensing, improving the reliability of mass measurements of much ... > full story -
Chemical Composition of Red Giant Star With More Carbon Than Oxygen in Its Atmosphere
January 17, 2010 — Researchers have conducted the most complete analysis of the chemical composition and evolutionary state of a spectral type R carbon star. The presence of carbon is essential for the possible ... > full story -
HIFI Resumes Quest for Water in Universe
January 17, 2010 — The back up system of HIFI, the state of the art Dutch space instrument on ESA's Herschel space telescope, has been switched on successfully. Due to an unexpected voltage peak in the electronic ... > full story -
How Galaxies Form: New Research Resolves Conflict in Theory
January 14, 2010 — The cold dark matter theory has been used for more than 20 years to explain how the smooth universe from the big bang evolved into the galaxy-rich cosmos we see today. But there was a problem: the ... > full story -
Across the Multiverse: Physicist Considers the Big Picture
January 13, 2010 — Is there anybody out there? In one physicist's case, the question refers not to whether life exists elsewhere in the universe, but whether it exists in other universes outside of our ... > full story -
How Galaxies Came to Be: Astronomers Explain Hubble Sequence
January 13, 2010 — For the first time, two astronomers have explained the diversity of galaxy shapes seen in the universe. The scientists tracked the evolution of galaxies over thirteen billion years from the early ... > full story -
Astronomers Unveil Images of 12-Billion-Year-Old Space Nursery
January 7, 2010 — Astronomers have produced the most detailed images of deep space from 12 billion years ago, using data from the European Space Agency's Herschel Space ... > full story -
New Panchromatic Capabilities of Hubble Reveal Unprecedented View of Universe
January 7, 2010 — More than 12 billion years of cosmic history are shown in an unprecedented, panoramic, full-color view of thousands of galaxies in various stages of assembly. The image was assembled from mosaics ... > full story -
New Mathematical Model Aids Big Bang Supercomputer Research
January 6, 2010 — Astrophysicists using supercomputers to simulate the Big Bang have a new mathematical tool to model the early universe. Researchers have built a computer model of the "Dark Ages." The model -- ... > full story
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