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New Greek Observatory Sheds Light on Old Star
February 27, 2013 — Continuing a tradition stretching back more than 25 centuries, astronomers have used the new 2.3-meter 'Aristarchos' telescope, sited at Helmos Observatory (2340m high) in the Pelοponnese ... > full story -
Future Evidence for Extraterrestrial Life Might Come from Dying Stars
February 25, 2013 — Even dying stars could host planets with life -- and if such life exists, we might be able to detect it within the next decade. This encouraging result comes from a new theoretical study of ... > full story -
Hubble Sees a Glowing Jet from a Young Star
February 24, 2013 — The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a new image showing an object known as HH 151, a bright jet of glowing material trailed by an intricate, orange-hued plume of gas and ... > full story -
TV Comic Set to Win Seats in Italian General Election
February 21, 2013 — Beppe Grillo aiming to shake up Italian politics. It’s not only in the US that actors are crossing over into politics. A recent article suggests why comedian Beppe Grillo’s Five Star ... > full story -
Simple View of Gravity Does Not Fully Explain the Distribution of Stars in Crowded Clusters
February 20, 2013 — Gravity remains the dominant force on large astronomical scales, but when it comes to stars in young star clusters the dynamics in these crowded environments cannot be simply explained by the pull of ... > full story -
NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers Tiny Planet System: Smallest Planet Yet Found Around a Star Similar to Our Sun
February 20, 2013 — NASA's Kepler mission scientists have discovered a new planetary system that is home to the smallest planet yet found around a star similar to our sun. The planets are located in a system called ... > full story -
Sun's Next-Door Twin: Cool Layer in the Atmosphere of Alpha Centauri A
February 20, 2013 — The European Space Agency's Herschel space observatory has detected a cool layer in the atmosphere of Alpha Centauri A, the first time this has been seen in a star beyond our own Sun. The finding is ... > full story -
Sweeping Dust from a Cosmic Lobster
February 20, 2013 — Located around 8000 light-years away in the constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion), NGC 6357 -- sometimes nicknamed the Lobster Nebula due to its appearance in visible-light images -- is a region ... > full story -
Hubble Sees Cosmic 'Flying V' of Merging Galaxies
February 15, 2013 — The Hubble Space Telescope has taken an image of a large "flying V" that is actually two distinct objects -- a pair of interacting galaxies known as IC ... > full story -
Rare Explosion Created Our Galaxy's Youngest Black Hole, Study Suggests
February 13, 2013 — New data suggest a highly distorted supernova remnant may contain the most recent black hole formed in the Milky Way galaxy. The remnant appears to be the product of a rare explosion in which matter ... > full story
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