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Reaching for the Stars to Create Music of the Universe
January 29, 2010 — 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 cosmological phenomena could be ... > full story -
Universe Is 30 Times More Run Down Than Thought, Astronomers Find
January 26, 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 -
Spectacular X-Ray Tails Surprise Astronomers
January 22, 2010 — Astronomer were surprised to find two distinct "tails" found on a long tail of gas that is believed to be forming stars where few stars have been formed before. What is also unusual is the gas tail, ... > full story -
Cosmology: Weak Gravitational Lensing Improves Measurements of Distant Galaxies
January 19, 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 14, 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 -
How Galaxies Form: New Research Resolves Conflict in Theory
January 13, 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 12, 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 12, 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 -
Hunting Oscillation of Muon to Electron: Neutrino Data to Flow in 2010; NOvA Scientists Tune Design
January 9, 2010 — Physicists may see data by late summer from a prototype for a $278 million NOvA neutrino experiment that can yield clues to the universe's mysteries. Construction is underway on a 220-ton ... > full story -
Astronomers Unveil Images of 12-Billion-Year-Old Space Nursery
January 6, 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
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