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Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Research Network Launched
July 5, 2013 A network has been launched to promote academic research in the UK relating to the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence ... > full story -
Cosmic Radio Bursts Point to Cataclysmic Origins
July 5, 2013 Mysterious bursts of radio waves originating from billions of light years away have left the scientists who detected them speculating about their origins. The burst energetics indicate that they ... > full story -
Feeding Galaxy Caught in Distant Searchlight
July 5, 2013 Astronomers have spotted a distant galaxy hungrily snacking on nearby gas. Gas is seen to fall inwards towards the galaxy, creating a flow that both fuels star formation and drives the galaxy's ... > 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 -
White Dwarf Star Throws Light on Possible Variability of a Constant of Nature
July 4, 2013 Astronomers have studied a distant star where gravity is more than 30,000 times greater than on Earth to test the controversial theory that one of the constants of Nature is not a constant. The ... > full story -
Space Study Opens Up New Opportunities to Explore Exotic Energy
July 4, 2013 Answering the ultimate question to Life, Universe and Everything? Not quite, but an international team of scientists have conducted research that opens up new possibilities for exploring what to date ... > full story -
New Knowledge About Early Galaxies
July 3, 2013 The early galaxies of the universe were very different from today's galaxies. Using new detailed studies carried out with the ESO Very Large Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers have ... > full story -
Revolutionary Instrument Delivers a Sharper Universe to Astronomers
July 2, 2013 A unique new instrument at Gemini South in Chile takes the removal of atmospheric distortions (using adaptive optics technology) to a new level. Today's release of seven ultrasharp, large-field ... > full story -
Names for New Pluto Moons Accepted
July 2, 2013 The International Astronomical Union has officially recognized the names Kerberos and Styx for the fourth and fifth moons of Pluto respectively (formerly known as P4 and P5). These names were backed ... > full story -
Comet ISON Brings Holiday Fireworks
July 2, 2013 Superficially resembling a skyrocket, Comet ISON is hurtling toward the Sun at 48,000 miles per hour. In May 2013, the comet was 403 million miles from Earth, between the orbits of Mars and ... > full story
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