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Study Plunges Standard Theory Of Cosmology Into Crisis Bonn, Germany (SPX) May 07, 2009 
As modern cosmologists rely more and more on the ominous "dark matter" to explain otherwise inexplicable observations, much effort has gone into the detection of this mysterious substance in the last two decades, yet no direct proof could be found that it actually exists. Even if it does exist, dark matter would be unable to reconcile all the current discrepancies between actual measuremen ... read more
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Star Crust 10 Billion Times Stronger Than Steel
Bloomington IN (SPX) May 07, 2009Research by a theoretical physicist at Indiana University shows that the crusts of neutron stars are 10 billion times stronger than steel or any other of the earth's strongest metal alloys. Charles Horowitz, a professor in the IU College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Physics, came to the conclusion after large-scale molecular dynamics computer simulations were conducted at Indiana Un ... more The Asteroids Are Coming 
Bethesda MD (SPX) May 04, 2009This isn't just "buzz" to get you excited about a new movie coming; we really are being buzzed by asteroids and other NEOs (Near Earth Objects), and one day these conjunctions could become collisions! There are lots of NEOs out there orbiting the sun. Some, like comets, are less worrisome since they are composed primarily of ice and small, rocky particles that dissipate upon entering Earth ... more Starbursts in Dwarf Galaxies Are a Global Affair 
Minneapolis MN (SPX) May 07, 2009Bursts of star making in a galaxy have been compared to a Fourth of July fireworks display: They occur at a fast and furious pace, lighting up a region for a short time before winking out. But these fleeting starbursts are only pieces of the story, astronomers say. An analysis of archival images of small, or dwarf, galaxies taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope suggests that starbursts, ... more World Premiere Of Touching The Edge Of The Universe 
Paris, France (ESA) May 07, 2009ESA will present the world premiere of Touching the Edge of the Universe, a stunning new planetarium show, starting 7 May 2009 at 30 planetaria in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The premiere comes just days before the launch of Herschel and Planck, two of the show's starring missions, scheduled for 14 May. Both missions will make fundamental contributions to astronomy and cosmology and ... more SSTL Wins Role In The Euclid Mission 
London, UK (SPX) May 07, 2009SSTL has secured a euros 300,000 contract to undertake radiation testing as part of the European Space Agency's Euclid mission. The 9-month contract provides for radiation testing of the charge-coupled devices (CCDs) onboard the Euclid spacecraft and includes a team led by SSTL, and also comprising the Open University, CEA France and Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL). The Eucl ... more |
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Baltimore MD (SPX) May 05, 2009NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft served up another curveball to a University of Colorado at Boulder team after a second flyby of the hot inner planet Oct. 6 detected magnesium - an element created inside exploding stars and which is found in many medicine cabinets on Earth - clumped in the tenuous atmosphere of the planet. Scientists had suspected magnesium would be present, but were surprised ... more Comets Contain Key Ingredients For Life On Earth 
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) May 05, 2009Comets have always fascinated us. A mysterious appearance could symbolize God's displeasure or mean a sure failure in battle, at least for one side. Now Tel Aviv University justifies our fascination - comets might have provided the elements for the emergence of life on our planet. While investigating the chemical make-up of comets, Prof. Akiva Bar-Nun of the Department of Geophysics and Pl ... more IMAX-3D Camera To Film Hubble Servicing Mission 
Washington DC (SPX) May 05, 2009NASA, the IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures have announced that IMAX 3-D cameras will return to space to document one of NASA's most complex space shuttle operations: the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. The IMAX 3-D cameras will launch aboard space shuttle Atlantis, which is scheduled to lift off May 11. Astronauts will use the cameras to film five spacewalk ... more Top Five Breakthroughs From Hubble's Workhorse Camera 
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 05, 2009Deepest photograph of the universe. Hubble's famous "Deep Field" picture, taken by the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, left the world with its mouth agape when it was first revealed in 1996. In just a small patch of sky, more than 1,000 galaxies located billions of light-years away could be seen floating in space like sea creatures at the bottom of an endless ocean. Our world and our ga ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) May 04, 2009The global citizen-science campaign GLOBE at Night 2009 recorded 80 percent more observations of the world's dark skies than the program's previous record - including double the number of digital measurements - thanks in large part to active participation and publicity from the network of 140 countries currently celebrating the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009). Now in its fou ... more NIST Super-Sensors To Measure Signature Of Inflationary Universe 
Washington DC (SPX) May 04, 2009What happened in the first trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang? Super-sensitive microwave detectors, built at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), may soon help scientists find out. The new sensors, described at the American Physical Society (APS) meeting in Denver, were made for a potentially ground-breaking experiment by a ... more Making The Space Environment Safer For Civil And Commercial Users 
Washington DC (SPX) May 04, 2009The House Committee on Science and Technology's Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held a hearing to examine the challenges faced by civil and commercial space users as space traffic and space debris in Earth orbit continue to increase. Subcommittee Members questioned witnesses about potential measures to improve the information available to civil and commercial users to avoid in-space ... more Gamma Signature, Astronomer's Telegram Cast Light On Dazzling Blazar 
Menlo Park CA (SPX) May 04, 2009When it comes to watching the skies, two sets of eyes are always better than one, especially if one pair can see, say, radio waves, while the other has X-ray or even gamma-ray vision. The Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope's Large Area Telescope collaboration has recently released a paper giving the gamma-ray perspective on an astronomical object that flared last summer, an active galactic nu ... more
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