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How Dust Rings Point To Exo-Earths With Supercomputer's Help
Supercomputer simulations of
dusty disks around sunlike
stars show that planets
nearly as small as Mars can
create patterns that future
telescopes may be able to
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Astronomers Get Best View Yet Of Infant Stars At Feeding Time
Astronomers have used ESO's
Very Large Telescope
Interferometer to conduct
the first high resolution
survey that combines
spectroscopy and
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When It Comes To Galaxies, Diversity Is Everywhere
A group of galaxies in our
cosmic backyard has given
astronomers clues about how
stars form. A thorough
survey using the NASA/ESA
Hubble Space Telescope has
... > full story
Star Born From The Wind: Unique Multi-wavelength Portrait Of Star Birth
Telescopes on the ground and
in space have teamed up to
compose a colorful image
that offers a fresh look at
the history of the
... > full story
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Stars Stop Forming When Big Galaxies Collide
October 8, 2008 — Astronomers studying new images of a nearby galaxy cluster have found evidence that high-speed collisions between large elliptical galaxies may prevent new stars from ... > full story -
Is It A Planet? Exotic Object Orbiting Star Stirs Exoplanet Classification Rethink
October 7, 2008 — The European spacecraft COROT has discovered a massive planet-sized object orbiting its parent star closely, unlike anything ever spotted before. It is so exotic, that scientists are unsure as to ... > full story -
More Star Births Than Astronomers Have Calculated
October 2, 2008 — More newborn stars are apparently emerging around the universe than previously assumed. Researchers have now published a paper in the journal Nature explaining this discrepancy. Their study has ... > full story -
Infrared Echoes Give NASA's Spitzer A Supernova Flashback
October 1, 2008 — Hot spots near the shattered remains of an exploded star are echoing the blast's first moments, say scientists using data from NASA's Spitzer Space ... > full story -
Wild, Hidden Cousin Of SN 1987A: Powerful Supernova Caught By Web Of Telescopes
September 27, 2008 — Astronomers may have discovered the relative of a freakishly behaving exploding star once thought to be the only one of its kind. For more than two decades, astronomers have intensively studied ... > full story -
Missing Link Of Neutron Stars? Bizarre Hibernating Stellar Magnet Discovered
September 25, 2008 — Astronomers have discovered a most bizarre celestial object that emitted 40 visible-light flashes before disappearing again. It is most likely to be a missing link in the family of neutron stars, the ... > full story -
Two Planets Suffer Violent Collision
September 24, 2008 — Two planets in orbit around a mature sun-like star recently suffered a violent collision, astronomers report in the Astrophysical Journal. "It's as if Earth and Venus collided with each other," said ... > full story -
Finding Fireflies Next To A Lighthouse: New Optics Technology To Study Alien Worlds
September 24, 2008 — Scientists are studying new optical methods for three possible new NASA missions to search for alien worlds. The experimental technologies promise to allow astronomers to directly detect exoplanets ... > full story -
Future Looks Bright For Interferometry
September 23, 2008 — The PRIMA instrument of the ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer recently saw "first light" at its new home atop Cerro Paranal in Chile. When fully operational, PRIMA will boost the capabilities ... > full story -
Astrophysicists 'Weigh' Galaxy's Most Massive Star
September 21, 2008 — Theoretical models of stellar formation propose the existence of very massive stars that can attain up to 150 times the mass of our Sun. Until very recently, however, no scientist had discovered a ... > full story
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