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 Leiden, Netherlands (UPI) Nov 6, 2012 An international team of astronomers says it has found the rate of formation of new stars in the universe is only 1/30th of its peak and is in ongoing decline. In their study, scientists led by David Sobral of the University of Leiden in the Netherlands used telescopes in three parts of the world to carry out the most complete survey ever made of star-forming galaxies at different distances. The study produced about 10 times the data of any previous effort and allowed the team to assess ... read more |
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 Cosmic GDP Crashes 97 percent As Star Formation Slumps While parts of the world experience economic hardship, a team of Portuguese, UK, Japanese, Italian and Dutch astronomers has found an even bigger slump happening on a cosmic scale. In the largest ev ... more | |
 A Nearby Stellar Cradle The Milky Way and other galaxies in the universe harbor many young star clusters and associations that each contain hundreds to thousands of hot, massive, young stars known as O and B stars. The sta ... more | |
  Strange diet for methane consuming microorganisms Methane is formed under the absence of oxygen by natural biological and physical processes, e.g. in the sea floor. It is a much more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Thanks to the activi ... more | |
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  NASA Radar Images Asteroid 2007 PA8 Scientists working with NASA's 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif., have obtained several radar images depicting near-Earth asteroid 2007 PA8. The images w ... more | |
  Moon crater yields impact clues NASA scientists say an almost perfectly preserved crater on the moon should yield clues to the evolution of impact craters on Earth and other rocky bodies. ... more | |
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Consortium plans global shift toward net negative carbon economy
Six satellites launched for ICEYE as constellation expansion gains momentum
WHO says all Covid-19 origin theories still open, after inconclusive study | |
 Ball Aerospace/B612 Foundation Sign Contract for Sentinel Mission Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. and the non-profit B612 Foundation have signed a contract for Ball to create prototype infrared imaging sensors for the Sentinel Mission, a deep space mission t ... more | |
  Hubble Sees an Unexpected Population of Young-Looking Stars The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope offers an impressive view of the center of globular cluster NGC 6362. The image of this spherical collection of stars takes a deeper look at the core of the globu ... more | |
  Electron Microscopes With a Twist Nowadays, electron microscopes are an essential tool, especially in the field of materials science. At TU Vienna, electron beams are being created that possess an inner rotation, similarly to a torn ... more | |
 Solar system's birth record revised Some 4.567 billion years ago, our solar system's planets spawned from an expansive disc of gas and dust rotating around the sun. While similar processes are witnessed in younger solar systems throug ... more |
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  Megaupload boss aims to lie low Flamboyant Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom has vowed to lie low as he awaits a US attempt to extradite him from New Zealand, fearing a backlash after making a series of high-profile announcements. ... more | |
 Scientists Monitor Comet Breakup The Hergenrother comet is currently traversing the inner-solar system. Amateur and professional astronomers alike have been following the icy-dirt ball over the past several weeks as it has been gen ... more | |
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Bezos-backed methane-tracking satellite lost in space
Blackout at refinery highlights Venezuela's oil industry crisis
Trump says 'very wealthy' group to buy TikTok | |
 Fermi Measures Cosmic 'Fog' Produced by Ancient Starlight Astronomers using data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have made the most accurate measurement of starlight in the universe and used it to establish the total amount of light from all of ... more | |
  Rare 300 kg meteorite unearthed in Poland The largest meteorite ever found in Eastern Europe has been discovered by Polish geologists who hope the rare find will provide fresh clues about the composition of the Earth's inner core, they said ... more | |
 ORNL Debuts Titan Supercomputer The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory launched a new era of scientific supercomputing today with Titan, a system capable of churning through more than 20,000 trillion c ... more | |
 Protoplanet Vesta: Forever young? Like a movie star constantly retouching her makeup, the protoplanet Vesta is continually stirring its outermost layer and presenting a young face. New data from NASA's Dawn mission show that a ... more |
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