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1. Astronomy Without A Telescope – Our Ageing Universe

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   ... the occasional enthusiastic outburst of supernovae and other celestial extravagances, it's becoming increasingly apparent that our universe is getting on a bit.(...) Read the rest of Astronomy Without ... Saturday, 24 July 2010

2. In the Constellation Cassiopeia

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   Tycho's Supernova, the red circle visible in the upper left part of the image, is SN 1572 is a remnant of a star explosion is named after the astronomer Tycho Brahe, although he was not the only person ... Tuesday, 13 July 2010

3. Searching for the Elusive Type Ia Supernovae Progenitors

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   Astronomers have Type Ia supernovae pretty well figured out. The way these exploding stars brighten and then dim are so predictable that they have been used to measure the universe's expansion.  ... Monday, 12 July 2010

4. Celestial Fireworks

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   ... their hydrogen fuel quickly and ultimately ending their lives in supernova explosions. Star clusters like NGC 3603 provide important clues to understanding the origin of massive star formation in the early, ... Monday, 05 July 2010

5. Fully Functional Pan-STARRS is now Panning for Stars, Asteroids and Comets

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   ... sleuth for not just potential incoming space rocks, but also supernovae and other variable objects. "Pan-STARRS is an all-purpose machine," said Harvard astronomer Edo Berger. "Having a ... Wednesday, 16 June 2010

6. Menagerie of Celestial Objects in New Image of the Large Magellanic Cloud

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   ... and phenomena in part of the LMC is on display, ranging from vast globular clusters to the remains left by brilliant supernovae explosions. This fascinating observation provides data for a wide variety ... Tuesday, 01 June 2010

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

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   ... to observations of several astrophysical environments (for example galaxy clusters, supernova remnants, crowded fields) which require large areas of the sky to be surveyed with exposure times from a few ... Monday, 31 May 2010

8. The Cosmic Burp Of Dying Stars

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   ... Preliminary results from the study will be showcased at the University of Leicester's Festival of Postgraduate Research on 24 June. Mr Wilson's research focuses on Type Ia supernovae, which occur when ... Sunday, 30 May 2010

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

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   ... the origin of such clouds, which play an important part in galaxy evolution. "We've concluded that these clouds are gas that has been blown away from the Galaxy's plane by supernova explosions and the ... Wednesday, 26 May 2010

10. Taking A Narrow View Of A Lopsided Galaxy

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    ... at the Anglo-Australian Observatory who has studied this galaxy extensively explains, "What triggered the superbubble is still a mystery. It would have required about a thousand supernovae to go off in ... Tuesday, 25 May 2010

11. Stellar Shrapnel Seen In Aftermath Of Explosion

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    Boston MA (SPX) May 25, 2010 - This beautiful composite image shows N49, the aftermath of a supernova explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud. A new long observation from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, ... Monday, 24 May 2010

12. Clear New View O A Classic Spiral

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    ... in many ways is quite similar to our home galaxy, both in its spiral shape and the presence of a bar of stars across its centre. Messier 83 is famous among astronomers for its many supernovae: vast explosions ... Sunday, 23 May 2010

13. Unusual Supernova May Be Missing Link In Stellar Evolution

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    ... in Nature. In the paper, they reported observations of a peculiar Type Ib supernova 2005cz, and concluded that this is a supernova whose progenitor mass at its birth was about 10 times the Sun. Such ... Thursday, 20 May 2010

14. Blast from the past: a new type of exploding star

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    Paris (AFP) May 19, 2010 - Astronomers have discovered a new type of exploding star that spews huge quantities of calcium and defies the two known categories of supernovae, according to a pair of studies ... Wednesday, 19 May 2010

15. New Cause For Supernova Explosion Identified

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    Garching, Germany (SPX) May 20, 2010 - Supernovae, gigantic stellar explosions, are not only used as cosmic yardsticks by cosmologists, they are also important chemical element factories in our Universe. ... Wednesday, 19 May 2010

16. A New Kind of Supernova Explodes in Unusual Way

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    SN 2005E, from a DSS image via Astrosurf.com. Not all supernovae are created equal, astronomers are finding. A faint supernovae found by international teams of scientists is like nothing previously seen, ... Wednesday, 19 May 2010

17. Astronomy Without a Telescope – Making Sense Of The Neutron Zoo

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    ... will still wipe all the information off your credit card – which is pretty scary too. Neutron stars are the compressed remnant of a star left behind after it went supernova. They retain much of that ... Saturday, 15 May 2010

18. Death Of A Star In Three Dimensions

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    ... observed supernovae by complex computer simulations in all three dimensions. To this end they successfully followed the outburst in their models consistently from milliseconds after the onset of the ... Wednesday, 12 May 2010

19. Hubble Catches Heavyweight Star Speeding Out Of 30 Doradus

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    ... of ways. A star may encounter one or two heavier siblings in a massive, dense cluster and get booted out through a stellar game of pinball. Or, a star may get a 'kick' from a supernova explosion in a binary ... Tuesday, 11 May 2010

20. Runaway Star Needs Its Own Reality Docu-Drama

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    ... of Sheffield, a member of the team who made the observations of 30 Dor #016, said the wayward star will continue to streak across space and will eventually end its life in a titanic supernova explosion, ... Tuesday, 11 May 2010