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 Athens GA (SPX) Sep 03, 2009 
Interstellar clouds, drifting through the unimaginable vastness of space, may be the stuff dreams are made of. But it turns out there's an unexpectedly strange component in those clouds, and it's not dreams but-mothballs? Well, not exactly, but researchers from the University of Georgia have just shown for the first time that one component of clouds emitting unusual infrared light know as ... read more 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 03, 2009Since its discovery 45 years ago, Cygnus X-1 has been one of the most intensively studied cosmic X-ray sources. About a decade after its discovery, Cygnus X-1 secured a place in the history of astronomy when a combination of X-ray and optical observations led to the conclusion that it was a black hole, the first such identification. The Cygnus X-1 system consists of a black hole with a mas ... more
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Panaji, India (AFP) Sept 2, 2009India's first lunar mission has captured images of the landing site of the Apollo 15 craft, debunking theories that the US mission was a hoax, the country's state-run space agency said Wednesday. "The images captured by a hyper-spectral camera fitted as a part of Chandrayaan-I... has reconfirmed the veracity of the Apollo 15 mission," said Prakash Chauhan, from the Indian Space Research Orga ... more 
Panaji, India (PTI) Sep 03, 2009India's maiden moon mission, Chandrayaan-1, in one of its vital findings, has endorsed the lunar magma ocean hypothesis, helping the scientists better understand the history of the satellite, a NASA scientist said here today. Speaking at an international conference here, Carle Pieters, a professor at the US-based Brown University, who was associated with the Chandrayaan as a moon mineral m ... more  
Columbia MO (SPX) Sep 02, 2009Scientists using a continent-wide array of radio telescopes have made an extremely precise measurement of the curvature of space caused by the Suns gravity, and their technique promises a major contribution to a frontier area of basic physics. "Measuring the curvature of space caused by gravity is one of the most sensitive ways to learn how Einsteins theory ... more |
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Bonn, Germany (SPX) Sep 01, 2009Our sun does not radiate evenly. The best known example of radiation fluctuations is the famous 11-year cycle of sun spots. Nobody denies its influence on the natural climate variability, but climate models have, to-date, not been able to satisfactorily reconstruct its impact on climate activity. Researchers from the USA and from Germany have now, for the first time, successfully simulated ... more 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 01, 2009Magnetic reconnection could be the Universe's favorite way to make things explode. It operates anywhere magnetic fields pervade space--which is to say almost everywhere. On the sun magnetic reconnection causes solar flares as powerful as a billion atomic bombs. In Earth's atmosphere, it fuels magnetic storms and auroras. In laboratories, it can cause big problems in fusion reactors. It's ... more 
Paris, France (SPX) Aug 31, 2009Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO), of which the UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council is a partner, have captured a stunning new image of the Trifid Nebula, showing just why it is a firm favorite of astronomers, amateur and professional alike. This massive star factory is so named for the dark dust bands that trisect its glowing heart, and is a rare ... more |
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