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Sounding Rocket to Study Active Regions on the Sun
At NASA's White Sands Test
Facility in Las Cruces,
N.M., a sounding rocket is
being readied for flight.
Due to launch on Aug. 8,
2013, the VERIS rocket,
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Capturing Black Hole Spin Could Further Understanding of Galaxy Growth
Astronomers have found a new
way of measuring the spin in
supermassive black holes,
which could lead to better
understanding about how they
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NASA's Chandra Sees Eclipsing Planet in X-Rays for First Time
For the first time since
exoplanets, or planets
around stars other than the
sun, were discovered almost
20 years ago, X-ray
observations have detected
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Experimental Quest to Test Einstein's Speed Limit
Special relativity states
that the speed of light is
the same in all frames of
reference and that nothing
can exceed that limit. UC
Berkeley physicists used a
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Largest Magnetic Fields in the Universe
July 26, 2013 — Numerical simulations show for the first time the occurrence of an instability in the interior of neutron stars that can lead to gigantic magnetic fields, possibly triggering one of the most dramatic ... > full story -
NASA's Van Allen Probes Discover Particle Accelerator in the Heart of Earth’s Radiation Belts
July 25, 2013 — Scientists have discovered a massive particle accelerator in the heart of one of the harshest regions of near-Earth space, a region of super-energetic, charged particles surrounding the globe called ... > full story -
Shedding New Light on the Brightest Objects in the Universe
July 24, 2013 — Astrophysicists have documented the immense power of quasar radiation, reaching out for many thousands of light years to the limits of the quasar's ... > full story -
New Record for Cosmic X-Ray Sightings: Exploring Extreme Universe With Rich New Resource
July 23, 2013 — Scientists have set a new record for cosmic X-ray sources ever sighted -- creating an unprecedented cosmic X-ray catalog that will provide a valuable resource allowing astronomers to explore the ... > full story -
Earth's Gold Came from Colliding Dead Stars
July 17, 2013 — We value gold for many reasons: Its beauty, its usefulness as jewelry, and its rarity. Gold is rare on Earth in part because it's also rare in the universe. Unlike elements like carbon or iron, it ... > full story -
Ghost Particles: New Limits on Extremely Rare Decay
July 17, 2013 — Neutrinos are the most elusive particles having extremely weak interactions with all other particles. They have rather unusual properties and are even expected to be identical with their own ... > full story -
Bioluminescence Reveals Deep-Water Motion in the Mediterranean
July 11, 2013 — In 2009 and 2010, the underwater neutrino telescope ANTARES detected an unusual phenomenon: the bioluminescence of deep-sea organisms suddenly increased, revealing an unexpected connection between ... > full story -
Light Transistor: Efficient Transistor for Light Could Lead to Optical Computers
July 8, 2013 — Light can oscillate in different directions, as we can see in the 3-D cinema: Each lens of the glasses only allows light of a particular oscillation direction to pass through. However, changing the ... > full story -
Mysterious Radio Flashes May Be Farewell Greetings from Massive Stars Collapsing Into Black Holes
July 5, 2013 — Mysterious bright radio flashes that appear for only a brief moment on the sky and do not repeat could be the final farewell greetings of a massive star collapsing into a black hole, astronomers ... > full story -
Laser System Allows Determination of Atomic Binding Energy of the Rarest Element on Earth
July 4, 2013 — The radioactive element astatine, the name of which is derived from the Greek word for 'instability,' is so rare on Earth that it has not yet been investigated to any greater extent and, as a ... > full story
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