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1. Did Kepler Scientist Leak Data? Um, Not Really

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   This image zooms into a small portion of Kepler's full field of view -- an expansive, 100-square-degree patch of sky in our Milky Way galaxy. (NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech) Mainstream media (MSM) is funny.  ... Tuesday, 27 July 2010

2. First Quasar Gravitational Lens Discovered (w/video)

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   The quasi-stellar object SDSS J0013+1523 has been shown to warp the light of a background galaxy around it, producing a magnified double-image from our perspective on Earth. Image Credit: Courbin, Meylan, ... Wednesday, 21 July 2010

3. Boatload of Herschel Science Papers Released

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   ... sub-millimeter, so there's a wide range of objects and topics covered, including star formation, galaxy evolution, and cosmology. And you thought you'd have nothing to do this weekend! A few ... Friday, 16 July 2010

4. Dying Star or Beautiful Bird?

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   ... Milky Way galaxy. (...) Read the rest of Dying Star or Beautiful Bird? (289 words) © nancy for Universe Today, 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Feed enhanced by ... Monday, 12 July 2010

5. All-Sky Stunner from Planck

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   ... of gas and dust filling our Galaxy. (...) Read the rest of All-Sky Stunner from Planck (273 words) © nancy for Universe Today, 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Planck ... Monday, 05 July 2010

6. Slingshot

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   ... as well as ground-based observatories. Of the 2,600 X-ray sources found in COSMOS, only one -- named CID-42 and located in a galaxy about 3.9 billion light years away -- coincides with two very close, ... Wednesday, 30 June 2010

7. Finding the Origin of Milky Way's Ancient Stars

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   Simulation showing a Milky Way-like galaxy around five billion years ago, when most satellite galaxy collisions were happening. Credit: Andrew Cooper, John Helly (Durham University) From the Royal Astronomical ... Tuesday, 29 June 2010

8. Radio Observations Provide New Explanation for Hanny's Voorwerp

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   The green 'blob' is Hanny's Voorwerp. Credit: Dan Herbert, Peter Smith, Matt Jarvis, Galaxy Zoo Team, Isaac Newton Telescope Is Hanny's Voorwerp the result of a "light echo" of a violent ... Thursday, 24 June 2010

9. Cosmologists Provide Closest Measure of Elusive Neutrino

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   Slices through the SDSS 3-dimensional map of the distribution of galaxies. Earth is at the center, and each point represents a galaxy, typically containing about 100 billion stars. Galaxies are colored ... Wednesday, 23 June 2010

10. A Matter of Perspective

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    ... the gull is flying from it. Astronomers catalog the nebula as IC 2177. This cosmic cloud is one of many sites of star formation within the Milky Way galaxy. It is located 3,800 light-years away from Earth, ... Tuesday, 22 June 2010

11. Zoom into a New VISTA of the Sculptor Galaxy

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    The new VISTA telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile (the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) has captured a great new image of the Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253), and this video allows ... Thursday, 17 June 2010

12. A New Comet McNaught Could Be Seen with Naked Eye

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    Comet McNaught R1 & NGC891 Edge on Spiral Galaxy, June 8, 2010. Credit: John Chumack A new comet with the familiar name of McNaught has just begun to grace the morning skies in the Northern Hemisphere, ... Wednesday, 09 June 2010

13. Retro Black Holes Are More Powerful

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    This artist's concept shows a galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its core. The black hole is shooting out jets of radio waves.Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Black holes seem to defy our comprehension ... Tuesday, 01 June 2010

14. Bursting 'Bubbles' - The Origin Of Galactic Gas Clouds

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    Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jun 01, 2010 - Like bubbles bursting on the surface of a glass of champagne, 'bubbles' in our Galaxy burst and leave flecks of material in the form of clouds of hydrogen gas, ... Monday, 31 May 2010

15. Novel Observing Mode On XMM-Newton Opens New Perspectives On Galaxy Clusters

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    Paris, France (SPX) Jun 01, 2010 - Surveying the sky, XMM-Newton has discovered two massive galaxy clusters, confirming a previous detection obtained through observations of the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect, ... Monday, 31 May 2010

16. Nearby Black Hole Is Feeble And Unpredictable

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    Miami FL (SPX) May 28, 2010 - For over 10 years, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has repeatedly observed the Andromeda Galaxy for a combined total of nearly one million seconds. This unique data set ... Sunday, 30 May 2010

17. 'First Light' As SOFIA Completes Observation Flight

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    ... crowning achievement of the night: scientists recorded images of the Messier 82 (M82) galaxy and of Jupiter, at wavelengths unobservable by ground- or space-based telescopes. The composite image of Jupiter ... Sunday, 30 May 2010

18. Andromeda's Unstable Black Hole

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    The Andromeda galaxy as seen in optical light, and Chandra's X-ray vision of the changing supermassive black hole in Andromeda's heart. Image Credit: X-Ray NASA/CXC/SAO/Li et al.), Optical (DSS) ... Thursday, 27 May 2010

19. Black Hole in M87 Wanders using Jetpack

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    ... knot in the jet from the SMBH. (NASA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), J. A. Biretta, W. B. Sparks, F. D. Macchetto, E. S. Perlman) The elliptical galaxy M87 is known for a jet of radiation ... Thursday, 27 May 2010

20. Astronomers Discover Clue To Origin Of Milky Way Gas Clouds

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    Washington DC (SPX) May 27, 2010 - A surprising discovery that hydrogen gas clouds found in abundance in and above our Milky Way Galaxy have preferred locations has given astronomers a key clue about ... Wednesday, 26 May 2010