Astronomy News
Fourth 'habitable' planet close to home
EARTHLY NEIGHBOUR: Astronomers have found the fourth potentially habitable planet outside our solar system, only 22 light-years from Earth.
Thu 2 Feb 12 from ABC Science
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In the dark abyss, a slightly warped mirror on the Milky Way
There is just something wonderful when Hubble points to nearby spiral ...
Fri 3 Feb 12 from Discover Magazine
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ScienceShot: Braking a Dead Star's Wild Spin
Magnetic fields may tame the most extreme pulsars
Thu 2 Feb 12 from Science Now
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Scientists chart high-precision map of Milky Way's magnetic fields
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are part of an international team that has pooled their radio observations into a database, producing the highest precision ...
Fri 3 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Space caturday
This is cute and all, but I was debating whether to run it on the blog or ...
7 hours ago from Discover Magazine
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With their powers combined, four VLT telescopes form 130m mirror
]]>Each of the four individual telescopes in the ESA's Very Large Telescope are, by themselves, very capable. But by working together, they're supposed to be able to link up to effectively form ...
22 hours ago from Dvice
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Hubble zooms in on a magnified galaxy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Thanks to the presence of a natural "zoom lens" in space, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope got a uniquely close-up look at the brightest "magnified" galaxy yet discovered.
Thu 2 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Do black holes help stars form?
(PhysOrg.com) -- The center of just about every galaxy is thought to host a black hole, some with masses of thousands of millions of Suns and consequently strong gravitational pulls that disrupt ...
Fri 3 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Early Universe May Have Abounded With Dark Matter-Powered Stars
Stars driven by dark matter may not be able to hide much longer.
Fri 3 Feb 12 from Livescience
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Spacecraft probes gas cloud swaddling the solar system
A cloud of interstellar matter envelops the solar system – new observations reveal just how alien it is
Thu 2 Feb 12 from Newscientist
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