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Gravitational lens reveals details of distant, ancient galaxyChicago, IL (SPX) Mar 16, 2012 Thanks to the presence of a natural "zoom lens" in space, University of Chicago scientists working with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have obtained a uniquely close-up look at the brightest gravitationally magnified galaxy yet discovered. The imagery offers a visually striking example of gravitational lensing, in which one massive object's gravitational field can magnify and distort the light coming from another object behind it. Such optical tricks stem from Einstein's theory of general relativit ... read more |
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  Why do We See the Man in the Moon? There's something poetic about gazing up at the night sky, seeing the familiar face of the "Man in the Moon" who faithfully accompanies us through life. The synchronous rotation of the Moon - it tak ... more | .. |
 China's second moon orbiter outperforms design China's second moon orbiter, the Chang'e-2, has performed outstandingly, a Chinese lawmaker close to the lunar exploration project said Tuesday. Chang'e-2 has more than achieved the goals set ... more | .. |
 NASA Releases New WISE Mission Catalog of Entire Infrared Sky NASA unveiled a new atlas and catalog of the entire infrared sky today showing more than a half billion stars, galaxies and other objects captured by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) m ... more | .. |
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 The feeding habits of teenage galaxies Munich, Germany (SPX) Mar 16, 2012 Astronomers have known for some time that the earliest galaxies were much smaller than the impressive spiral and elliptical galaxies that now fill the Universe. O ... more | .. |
 Astronomers Get Rare Peek at Early Stage of Star Format Using radio and infrared telescopes, astronomers have obtained a first tantalizing look at a crucial early stage in star formation. The new observations promise to help scientists understand the ear ... more | .. |
 Abell 383: Getting a Full Picture of an Elusive Subject Two teams of astronomers have used data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes to map the distribution of dark matter in a galaxy cluster known as Abell 383, which is located abo ... more | .. |
 Space Systems Loral Provides on Time Delivery of NASA Propulsion System Space Systems/Loral has completed on time delivery of a new propulsion system to NASA. The propulsion system for the Lunar Atmosphere Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft was delivered to NA ... more |
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 Texas A and M astronomers help find distant galaxy cluster to shed light on early universe A decade ago, Houston businessman and philanthropist George P. Mitchell was so certain there were big discoveries to be made in physics and astronomy and that they should come out of Texas A and M U ... more | .. |
 Important Clue Uncovered for the Origins of a Type of Supernovae Explosion The origin of an important type of exploding stars-Type Ia supernovae-have been discovered, thanks to a research team at the University of Pittsburgh. Studying supernovae of this type helps research ... more | .. |
  Russia to build space warning system Russia says it will spend $2.1 million to create an automatic warning system to prevent collisions between spaceships, satellites and orbital debris. ... more | .. |
 China starts manufacturing third lunar probe China has begun designing and manufacturing the flight model entity of its third lunar probe, Chang'e-3, according to the administration of China's lunar probe project. As a key part of the se ... more |
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  Cassini Captures New Images of Icy Moon These raw, unprocessed images of Saturn's second largest moon, Rhea, were taken on March 10, 2012, by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. This was a relatively distant flyby with a close-approach dista ... more | .. |
  Kepler Statistical Analysis Suggests Earthlike Planets Extremely Rare Last week, the Kepler science team released its list of candidate planets based on the data collected during the mission's first sixteen months. ... more | .. |
 Herschel's new view on giant planet formation Astronomers have used ESA's Herschel Space Observatory to observe 2M1207, a peculiar brown dwarf with its own circumstellar disc and a planetary companion five times more massive than Jupiter. These ... more | .. |
 Missing: Electron antineutrinos; Reward: Understanding of matter-antimatter imbalance An international particle physics collaboration has announced its first results toward answering a longstanding question - how the elusive particles called neutrinos can appear to vanish as they tra ... more |
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Underappreciated threat of nanoplastic pollution revealed in Atlantic Ocean study
Deadly China-Nepal flood caused by glacial lake: experts
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 Lockheed Martin Space Fence Radar Prototype Tracking Orbiting Objects A prototype of a new radar system developed by a Lockheed Martin-led team is now tracking orbiting space objects, bringing the U.S. Air Force's Space Fence program one step closer to revolutionizing ... more | .. |
  Running hot and cold in the deep sea: Scientists explore rare environment Among the many intriguing aspects of the deep sea, Earth's largest ecosystem, exist environments known as hydrothermal vent systems where hot water surges out from the seafloor. On the flipside the ... more | .. |
  Researchers capture first-ever images of atoms moving in a molecule Using a new ultrafast camera, researchers have recorded the first real-time image of two atoms vibrating in a molecule. Key to the experiment, which appears in this week's issue of the journal Natur ... more | .. |
 The First Spectroscopic Measurement of an Anti-Atom The ALPHA collaboration at CERN in Geneva has scored another coup on the antimatter front by performing the first-ever spectroscopic measurements of the internal state of the antihydrogen atom. Thei ... more |
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  Earth's protective bubble hasn't burst For the first time, the loss of atmospheric ions from Earth and Mars has been observed during the same solar wind stream. In a new study, data from ESA's Cluster and Mars Express spacecraft, which o ... more | .. |
 Russia sets sights on Moon, Mars and beyond: report Russia's crisis-hit space agency intends to send its first manned mission to the Moon and deploy research stations on Mars under an ambitious plan presented to the government this month. ... more | .. |
 NASA exploring ways to clean up space debris Faced with increasing threats of space debris, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is actively exploring ways to clean up the outer space. Donald Kessler, an astrophysi ... more | .. |
  Encounters of another kind: meteorite chunk falls on Oslo A Norwegian family was flabbergasted to find that what appeared to be a piece of a meteorite had crashed through the roof of their allotment garden hut in the middle of Oslo, media reported Monday. ... more |
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  Venus, Jupiter in night sky dance An unusual opportunity to see two of the brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, appear to be right next to each other in the night sky is peaking in the next two days, astronomers said. ... more | .. |
  MESSENGER Team Delivers Data from First Full Mercury Solar Day to Planetary Data System Data collected during MESSENGER's third through sixth month in orbit around Mercury were released to the public by the Planetary Data System (PDS), an organization that archives and distributes all ... more | .. |
 Experiment Observes Elusive Neutrino Transformation An international team of physicists-including several from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)-has detected and measured, for the first time, a transformation of one particular type of ... more | .. |
 Hot Meets Cold at New Deep-Sea Ecosystem: "Hydrothermal Seep" Decades ago, marine scientists made a startling discovery in the deep sea. They found environments known as hydrothermal vents, where hot water surges from the seafloor and life thrives without sunl ... more |
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 NASA Solar Study Mission Moves to Next Design Stage Two-thousand-degree temperatures, supersonic solar particles, intense radiation - all of this awaits NASA's Solar Probe Plus during an unprecedented close-up study of the sun. The team led by ... more | .. |
 Meteorites Reveal Another Way to Make Life's Components Creating some of life's building blocks in space may be a bit like making a sandwich - you can make them cold or hot, according to new NASA research. This evidence that there is more than one way to ... more | .. |
 Galaxy cluster hidden in plain view A team of astronomers has discovered the most distant cluster of red galaxies ever observed using FourStar, a new and powerful near-infrared camera on the 6.5m Magellan Baade Telescope. The galaxy c ... more | .. |
 Distant galaxy cluster found in plain view A team of astronomers has discovered the most distant example of a galaxy cluster lying in the middle of one of the most well-studied regions in the sky. Galaxy clusters are the 'urban centres' of t ... more |
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