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Astronomers Pin Down Origins of 'Mile Markers' for Expansion and Acceleration of Universe
November 19, 2012 A study using a unique new instrument on the world's largest optical telescope has revealed the likely origins of especially bright supernovae that astronomers use as easy-to-spot "mile markers" to ... > full story -
Human Brain, Internet, and Cosmology: Similar Laws at Work?
November 19, 2012 The structure of the universe and the laws that govern its growth may be more similar than previously thought to the structure and growth of the human brain and other complex networks, such as the ... > full story -
Candidate for Most Distant Galaxy Discovered
November 15, 2012 By combining the power of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, and one of nature's own natural "zoom lenses" in space, astronomers have set a new distance record for finding the ... > full story -
BOSS Quasars Unveil a New Era in the Expansion History of the Universe
November 12, 2012 BOSS, the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey, is mapping a huge volume of space to measure the role of dark energy in the evolution of the universe. BOSS is the largest program of the third ... > full story -
New Australian Telescope Set to Find 700,000 Galaxies
November 9, 2012 Australia's newest radio telescope is predicted to find an unprecedented 700,000 new galaxies, say scientists planning for CSIRO's next-generation Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder ... > full story -
Origin of Italian Wines Is Controlled Better With Multivariate Statistics
November 7, 2012 Wine derives its economic value to a large extent from geographical origin, which has a significant impact on the quality of the wine. According to the food legislation, wines can be without ... > full story -
Star Formation Slumps to 1/30th of Its Peak
November 6, 2012 While parts of the world experience economic hardship, astronomers have found an even bigger slump happening on a cosmic scale. In the largest ever study of its kind, astronomers have established ... > full story -
NASA'S Fermi Measures Cosmic 'Fog' Produced by Ancient Starlight
November 1, 2012 Astronomers using data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have made the most accurate measurement of starlight in the universe and used it to establish the total amount of light from all of ... > full story -
Super-Rare, Super-Luminous Supernovae Are Likely Explosion of Universe's Earliest Stars
November 1, 2012 The most-distant, super-luminous supernovae found to date have been observed by an international team of astronomers. The stellar explosions would have occurred at a time when the universe was much ... > full story -
Stars Ancient and Modern?
October 31, 2012 A colorful new view of the globular star cluster NGC 6362 was captured by the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the European Southern Observatory's La Silla Observatory ... > full story
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