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1. Galaxy Study Validates General Relativity On Cosmic Scale

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   Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2010 - An analysis of more than 70,000 galaxies by University of California, Berkeley, University of Zurich and Princeton University physicists demonstrates that the universe ... Wednesday, 10 March 2010

2. Massive Repeated Explosions Halted Star Formation in Early Universe

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   ... off star formation and halted the growth of a typical massive galaxy in the local Universe," said lead author Dr. Dave Alexander from Durham University. (...) Read the rest of Massive Repeated Explosions ... 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. Battle Between Sun And Earth For Our Atmosphere

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   Rochester NY (SPX) Mar 08, 2010 - Scientists at the University of Rochester have discovered that the Earth's magnetic field 3.5 billion years ago was only half as strong as it is today, and that this ... Sunday, 07 March 2010

5. From 2-Trillion-Degree Heat, Researchers Create New Matter

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   College Station TX (SPX) Mar 08, 2010 - A worldwide team of researchers, including 10 from Texas A and M University, have for the first time created a particle that is believed to have been in existence ... Sunday, 07 March 2010

6. Spirit Hunkered Down for Winter; Stuck Forever ? Maybe Not !

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   ... Remember – at this moment on Sol 2192, Spirit is 75 months into her 3 month mission ! That’s 25 times beyond her “warrenty” as Rover Principal Investigator Prof. Steve Squyres of Cornell University ... Wednesday, 03 March 2010

7. MRO Radar Maps Extensive Subsurface Martian Ice

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   A radar on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has detected widespread deposits of glacial ice in the mid-latitudes of Mars.NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASI/University of Rome/Southwest Research Institute Sure, ... Tuesday, 02 March 2010

8. What Can The (Dark) Matter Be?

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   What better place to look for dark matter than down a mine shaft? A research team from the University of Florida have spent nine years monitoring for any signs of the elusive stuff using germanium and ... Monday, 01 March 2010

9. Why Was the February 27, 2010 Tsunami Smaller than Expected?

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   ... as well? "It is too early to know for sure," said Anne Sheehan, a geologist from the University of Colorado – Boulder. (...) Read the rest of Why Was the February 27, 2010 Tsunami Smaller ... Sunday, 28 February 2010

10. Australia Launches Scramjet Consortium

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    Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Feb 28, 2010 - The University of Queensland will lead a $14 million international consortium to help develop scramjet-based access-to-space systems, flying an autonomous scramjet ... Saturday, 27 February 2010

11. NASA to host rocket-science workshop

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    Washington (UPI) Feb 24, 2009 - NASA officials say they're inviting U.S. university faculty and students to a rocket-science workshop to learn how to build and launch scientific experiments. ... Wednesday, 24 February 2010

12. Into A Volcano To Test Suitcase-Sized Science Lab

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    Baltimore MD (SPX) Feb 25, 2010 - Some scientists will go anywhere for a proper test, including the mouth of a (sleeping) Hawaiian volcano. Dr. Inge Ten Kate, a University of Maryland Baltimore County ... Wednesday, 24 February 2010

13. Alien Invaders Pack The Milky Way

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    Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Feb 24, 2010 - Around a quarter of the globular star clusters in our Milky Way galaxy are invaders from other galaxies, according to a team of scientists from Swinburne University ... Tuesday, 23 February 2010

14. Better Late Than Never: Dwarf Galaxies Finally Come Together

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    Hickson 31 (Credit: NASA, ESA, and S. Gallagher (The University of Western Ontario), and J. English (University of Manitoba)) Have you heard of 'living fossils'? The coelacanth, the ginko ... Tuesday, 23 February 2010

15. Alien Star Clusters Are Invading the Milky Way

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    ... invaded! About one-fourth of the star clusters in our galaxy are actually invaders from other galaxies, according to a new paper. Research from a team of scientists from Swinburne University of Technology ... Tuesday, 23 February 2010

16. Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights Of Discovery

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    ... Foundation's Weightless Flights of Discovery program and its potential to inspire students globally was highlighted at the International Space University's 14th Annual Symposium. ... Monday, 22 February 2010

17. Does Zonal Swishing Play a Part in Earth's Magnetic Field Reversals?

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    Zonal swishing in the Earth's outer core (Credit: Akira Kageyama, Kobe University) Why does the Earth's magnetic field 'flip' every million years or so? Whatever the reason, or reasons, ... Saturday, 20 February 2010

18. Einstein's General Relativity Tested Again, Much More Stringently

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    ...  How did Steven Chu (US Secretary of Energy, though this work was done while he was at the University of California Berkeley), Holger Müler (Berkeley), and Achim Peters (Humboldt University in Berlin) ... Friday, 19 February 2010

19. 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

20. UCF Professor Working On One-of-a-Kind Asteroid Space Mission

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    Tallahassee FL (SPX) Feb 18, 2010 - University of Central Florida asteroid expert Humberto Campins has been selected to help prepare a one-of-a-kind mission. The mission is unique because it aims to ... Wednesday, 17 February 2010