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The Star That Should Not Exist
August 31, 2011 — A team of European astronomers has used the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) to track down a star in the Milky Way that many thought was impossible. They discovered that ... > full story -
Discovery Sheds Light on the Ecosystem of Young Galaxies
August 29, 2011 — A team of scientists has discovered a distant galaxy that may help elucidate two fundamental questions of galaxy formation: How galaxies take in matter and how they give off energetic ... > full story -
Playing Highly Competitive Video Games May Lead to Aggressive Behavior
August 29, 2011 — While most research into video games and aggressive behavior has focused on violent games, competitiveness may be the main video game characteristic that influences aggression, according to new ... > full story -
Exotic Galaxy Reveals Tantalizing Tale
August 25, 2011 — A galaxy with a combination of characteristics never seen before is giving astronomers a tantalizing peek at processes they believe played key roles in the growth of galaxies and clusters of galaxies ... > full story -
Surprise Difference in Neutrino and Antineutrino Mass Lessening With New Measurements from a Fermilab Experiment
August 25, 2011 — The physics community got a jolt last year when results showed for the first time that neutrinos and their antimatter counterparts, antineutrinos, might have different masses. A new from the MINOS ... > full story -
James Webb Space Telescope Instrument Completes Cryogenic Testing
August 24, 2011 — A pioneering camera and spectrometer that will fly aboard NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has completed cryogenic testing designed to mimic the harsh conditions it will experience in ... > full story -
Galaxies Are Running out of Gas: Why the Lights Are Going out in the Universe
August 22, 2011 — The universe forms fewer stars than it used to, and a new study has now shown why: compared to the past, galaxies today have less gas from which to make ... > full story -
Are Stellar Explosions Created Equal? Scientists Recheck a Standard Model for Supernovae on Which Cosmic Distance Measurement Is Based
August 22, 2011 — A new analysis of Type Ia supernova, used to measure cosmic distance, suggests many of them develop from similar initial ... > full story -
Cosmic Eye Emerges from Exhaustive Tests in UK Space Lab
August 19, 2011 — A pioneering camera and spectrometer for the James Webb Space Telescope – the gigantic successor to the Hubble Telescope – has just completed cryogenic testing. This testing subjected the ... > full story -
Giant Space Blob Glows from Within: Primordial Cloud of Hydrogen Is Centrally Powered
August 17, 2011 — Observations from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope have shed light on the power source of a rare vast cloud of glowing gas in the early universe. The observations show for the ... > full story
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