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Cosmic Glitch: Astronomers Discover New Phenomenon in Neutron Star
May 29, 2013 The physics behind some of the most extraordinary stellar objects in the universe just became even more puzzling. A group of astronomers has discovered a new kind of glitch in the cosmos, ... > full story -
Cosmic Swirly Straws: Galaxies Fed by Funnels of Fuel
May 24, 2013 Computer simulations of galaxies growing over billions of years have revealed a likely scenario for how they feed: a cosmic version of swirly straws. The results show that cold gas -- fuel for stars ... > full story -
Research Effort Deep Underground Could Sort out Cosmic-Scale Mysteries
May 24, 2013 Scientists have begun delivery of germanium-76 detectors to an underground laboratory in South Dakota in a team research effort that might explain the puzzling imbalance between matter and antimatter ... > full story -
Detection of the Cosmic Gamma Ray Horizon: Measures All the Light in the Universe Since the Big Bang
May 24, 2013 Radiation from all galaxies that ever existed suffuses the universe with a diffuse extragalactic background light (EBL). Measuring the EBL is as fundamental to cosmology as measuring heat from the ... > full story -
Fragile Mega-Galaxy Is Missing Link in History of Cosmos
May 22, 2013 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 new ... > full story -
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
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