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1. Most Extreme White Dwarf Binary System Found

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   Warwick, UK (SPX) Mar 10, 2010 - An international team of astronomers, including Professor Tom Marsh and Dr Danny Steeghs from the University of Warwick, have shown that the two stars in the binary HM ... Tuesday, 09 March 2010

2. Bully Galaxy Rules The Neighborhood

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   Paris, France (ESA) Mar 08, 2010 - Located half a billion light-years from Earth, ESO 306-17, is a large, bright elliptical galaxy in the southern sky of a type known as a fossil group. Astronomers use ... Monday, 08 March 2010

3. Universe Puzzle No. 4

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   ... is a puzzle on a "Universal" topic – astronomy and astronomers; space, satellites, missions, and astronauts; planets, moons, telescopes, and so on. What's the next number in the sequence? ... Monday, 08 March 2010

4. NASA's Fermi Probes "Dragons" Of The Gamma-Ray Sky

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   Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2010 - One of the pleasures of perusing ancient maps is locating regions so poorly explored that mapmakers warned of dragons and sea monsters. Now, astronomers using NASA's ... Tuesday, 02 March 2010

5. Using Gravitational Lensing to Measure Age and Size of Universe

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   ... lensing! Astronomers have used it to measure the shape of stars, look for exoplanets, and measure dark matter in distant galaxies. Now its being used to measure the age and size of the Universe. Researchers ... Tuesday, 02 March 2010

6. Universe Puzzle No. 3

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   ... is the 'odd one out'? And why? aragonite, diamond, ice, olivine This is a puzzle on a "Universal" topic – astronomy and astronomers; space, satellites, missions, and astronauts; ... Sunday, 28 February 2010

7. Universe Puzzle No. 2

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   ... some lateral thinking. And a reminder: this is a puzzle on a "Universal" topic – astronomy and astronomers; space, satellites, missions, and astronauts; planets, moons, telescopes, and ... Sunday, 21 February 2010

8. Dark Matter in Distant Galaxy Groups Mapped for the First Time

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   ... lensing – and so the distribution of dark matter – is to use the x-ray emission from the hot intra-cluster plasma to locate the center of mass. And that's just what a team of astronomers ... Sunday, 21 February 2010

9. Massive Stars' Magnetically Controlled Diets

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   Bonn, Germany (SPX) Feb 19, 2010 - A team of astronomers, led by Dr. Wouter Vlemmings at Bonn University, has used the MERLIN radio telescope network centered on the Jodrell Bank Observatory to show ... Thursday, 18 February 2010

10. Jurassic Space: Ancient Galaxies Come Together After Billions Of Years

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    Baltimore, MD (SPX) Feb 19, 2010 - Imagine finding a living dinosaur in your backyard. Astronomers have found the astronomical equivalent of prehistoric life in our intergalactic backyard: a group of ... Thursday, 18 February 2010

11. Astronomers Find Youngest Exoplanet Yet

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    Artist's impression of BD+20 1790b, the youngest exoplanet yet discovered. Credit: M. Hernon Obispo Overcoming interference from a very active young sun-like star, a group of astronomers were able to ... Thursday, 18 February 2010

12. Astronomy Without A Telescope – Don’t Make a Meal of It

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    You should always put out the old dinner set when you have astronomers around. It all starts innocently enough with imagine this wineglass is the Earth rotating on its axis… But then someone decides that ... Thursday, 18 February 2010

13. NASA's Chandra Reveals Origin Of Key Cosmic Explosions

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    Boston MA (SPX) Feb 18, 2010 - New findings from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have provided a major advance in understanding a type of supernova critical for studying the dark energy that astronomers ... Wednesday, 17 February 2010

14. NASA's Chandra Reveals Origin Of Key Cosmic Explosions

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    Boston MA (SPX) Feb 18, 2010 - New findings from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have provided a major advance in understanding a type of supernova critical for studying the dark energy that astronomers ... Wednesday, 17 February 2010

15. Aussie Meteorite May Hold Key To Life On Earth

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    Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 18, 2010 - New analysis of the famous Murchison meteorite that crash-landed in Australia over 40 years ago has turned up a surprise for astronomers. The space rock, which ... Wednesday, 17 February 2010

16. Aussie Meteorite May Hold Key To Life On Earth

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    Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 18, 2010 - New analysis of the famous Murchison meteorite that crash-landed in Australia over 40 years ago has turned up a surprise for astronomers. The space rock, which ... Wednesday, 17 February 2010

17. Merging White Dwarfs Set Off Supernovae

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    ... the type of supernovae that astronomers use to measure the expansion of the Universe, which in turns allows astronomers to study dark energy which is believed to pervade the universe. "It was a major ... Wednesday, 17 February 2010

18. Missing Early Stars Found, With No Place Left to Hide

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    ... These small galaxies should also contain many very old stars, just as the Milky Way does, and a team of astronomers has now shown that this is indeed the case. This image was composed from data from the ... Wednesday, 17 February 2010

19. Closing In On The Source Of Cosmic Rays

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    ... astronomers a step closer to understanding the source of some of the universe's most energetic particles - cosmic rays. ... Tuesday, 16 February 2010

20. Youngsters Caught Gorging – on Gas

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    ... für extraterrestrische Physik, led an international team of astronomers to find out why … and the answer seems to be that young galaxies were stuffed to the gills with gas. (...) Read the rest of Youngsters ... Tuesday, 16 February 2010