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Rapid Supernova Could Be New Class Of Exploding Star
Astronomers were looking
through seven-year-old data
when they chanced upon a
very strange supernova that
flashed and was gone in less
than a month, when 3-4
... > full story
Hubble Image Showcases Star Birth In M83, The Southern Pinwheel
The spectacular new camera
installed on NASA's Hubble
Space Telescope during
Servicing Mission 4 in May
has delivered the most
detailed view of star birth
... > full story
Carbon Atmosphere Discovered On Neutron Star
Evidence for a thin veil of
carbon has been found on the
neutron star in the
Cassiopeia A supernova
remnant. This discovery
resolves a ten-year mystery
... > full story
Shedding Light On The Cosmic Skeleton
Astronomers have tracked
down a gigantic, previously
unknown assembly of galaxies
located almost seven billion
light-years away from us.
The discovery, made possible
by combining two of the most
... > full story
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The CoRoT Satellite : 3 More Years To Hunt For Planets And To Listen To The Music Of Stars
November 6, 2009 — The operations of the CoRoT mission has been extended for three additional years, until 31 March ... > full story -
Professor To Predict Weather On Mars
November 4, 2009 — Is there such a thing as "weather" on Mars? There are some doubts, considering the planet's atmosphere is only 1 percent as dense as that of the Earth. Mars, however, definitely has clouds, ... > full story -
Origin Of Cosmic Rays: VERITAS Telescopes Help Solve 100-year-old Mystery
November 3, 2009 — Nearly 100 years ago, scientists detected the first signs of cosmic rays -- subatomic particles that zip through space at nearly the speed of light. The most energetic cosmic rays hit with the punch ... > full story -
Navy Sensor Provides Critical Space Weather Observations
November 3, 2009 — Launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., aboard an United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle, Oct. 18, 2009, the Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager (SSULI) developed by the Naval ... > full story -
'Ultra-primitive' Particles Found In Comet Dust
November 2, 2009 — Dust samples collected from the stratosphere have yielded an unexpectedly rich trove of relicts from the ancient cosmos, scientists report. The dust includes presolar grains and material from ... > full story -
NASA's Fermi Telescope Detects Gamma Rays From 'Star Factories' In Other Galaxies
November 2, 2009 — Nearby galaxies undergoing a furious pace of star formation also emit lots of gamma rays, say astronomers using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Two so-called "starburst" galaxies, plus a ... > full story -
Amnesia-Like Behavior Returns On Mars Rover Spirit
November 2, 2009 — Until Oct. 24, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover had gone more than six months without an episode of amnesia-like symptoms like those that appeared on four occasions earlier this year. In these amnesia ... > full story -
Solar Winds Triggered By Magnetic Fields
November 2, 2009 — Solar wind generated by the sun is probably driven by a process involving powerful magnetic fields, according to a new study led by researchers based on the latest observations from the Hinode ... > full story -
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Sees Channels From Hale Crater
November 2, 2009 — A new image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows channels to the southeast of Hale crater on southern Mars. Taken by the orbiter's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera, ... > full story -
E-Infrastructures Give Real Boost To Virtual Observatories
November 1, 2009 — New tools and systems developed by European researchers are helping astronomers access data centres from anywhere in the world. From charting new stars to finding new meaning in old stellar objects, ... > full story
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