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1. Catastrophic Event Halted Star Birth In Early Galaxy

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   London, UK (SPX) Mar 11, 2010 - Scientists have found evidence of a catastrophic event they believe was responsible for halting the birth of stars in a galaxy in the early Universe. They report their ... Wednesday, 10 March 2010

2. Massive Repeated Explosions Halted Star Formation in Early Universe

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   ... responsible for halting the birth of stars in a galaxy in the early Universe. According to their findings, just 3 billion years after the Big Bang, a massive galaxy exploded in a series of blasts trillions ... Tuesday, 09 March 2010

3. 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

4. A Mosaic of Cassiopeia

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   ... these galaxies are hidden by dust in IC 1805 and were unknown until 1968 when Paolo Maffei found them using infrared observations. Both galaxies contain billions of stars and are located some 10 million ... Monday, 08 March 2010

5. Taking The Pulse Of A Supernova – NGC 4490

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   ... to as "The Cocoon". These two mis-shaped blobs of star stuff have already made their closest approach to each other and are now parting ways. Between them stretches a trail of stars that spans ... Sunday, 07 March 2010

6. A New Edition of This Week In Space

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   Florida's Space Coast braces for layoffs, Buzz Aldrin muses on the next steps for NASA and his upcoming stint on "Dancing with the Stars," plus other headlines from This Week In Space. ... Sunday, 07 March 2010

7. An Island Of Stars In The Making On The Outskirts Of Orion

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   ... Although this ghostly cloud is rather isolated from Orion's bright stars, the latter's powerful winds and light have had a strong impact on the nebula, forging its shape and making it home to a multitude ... Wednesday, 03 March 2010

8. Second-Generation Star Supports Cannibal Theory of Milky Way

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   A newly discovered red giant star is a relic from the early universe — a star that may have been among the second generation of stars to form after the Big Bang. Located in the dwarf galaxy Sculptor ... Wednesday, 03 March 2010

9. 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

10. The Possibility of a Brand New World

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    ... Hickson Compact Group 31 will pass through and destroy each other, millions of stars will form and explode, and thousands of nebula will form and dissipate before the dust settles and the final galaxy ... Wednesday, 24 February 2010

11. Elements of the Universe Shown in New Image

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    ... a surrounding wispy nebular structure that looks like a cobweb. As yet more stars form from lose matter in the area, they will ignite, scattering leftover dust and gas, carving out great ripples and altering ... Wednesday, 24 February 2010

12. Alien Star Clusters Are Invading the Milky Way

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    A Hubble Space Telescope image of the typical globular cluster Messier 80, an object made up of hundreds of thousands of stars and located in the direction of the constellation of Scorpius. The Milky Way ... Tuesday, 23 February 2010

13. ESA Chooses Three Scientific Missions For Further Study

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    Paris, France (ESA) Feb 22, 2010 - Dark energy, habitable planets around other stars, and the mysterious nature of our own Sun, have been chosen by ESA as candidates for two medium-class missions to ... Monday, 22 February 2010

14. ESA's Tough Choice: Dark Matter, Sun Close Flyby, Exoplanets (Pick Two)

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    Key questions relevant to fundamental physics and cosmology, namely the nature of the mysterious dark energy and dark matter (Euclid); the frequency of exoplanets around other stars, including Earth-analogs ... Saturday, 20 February 2010

15. Massive Stars' Magnetically Controlled Diets

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    ... that magnetic fields play an important role during the birth of massive stars. Magnetic fields are already known to strongly influence the formation of lower-mass stars like our Sun. ... Thursday, 18 February 2010

16. 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

17. Dark Matter Detector Heading to the ISS This Summer

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    ... other information from cosmic radiation sources such as stars and galaxies millions of light years from our home galaxy. (...) Read the rest of Dark Matter Detector Heading to the ISS This Summer (344 ... Tuesday, 16 February 2010

18. Youngsters Caught Gorging – on Gas

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    Typical massive galaxy at z=1.1 (left: V, I (Hubble); right: CO 3-2 mm emission (IRAM); copyright MPE/IRAM) Galaxies long, long ago were very fecund; they gave birth to stars at a rate at least ten ... Tuesday, 16 February 2010

19. Astronomy For Kids: Bull Ridin' Taurus

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    ... mission? Locate Orion again. Now connect the three stars that make up his "belt" from left to right and keep drawing the line until you reach the next bright star. What we're looking for ... Monday, 15 February 2010

20. Gemini's New Filters Reveal the Beauty of Star Birth

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    ... Star Birth (293 words) © Jean Tate for Universe Today, 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: filters, gemini, images, stars Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh ... Sunday, 14 February 2010