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07
Nov
2009
New Discovery about the Fabric of Space-Time

5 hours ago by doctore0

The Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope has turned up rare evidence that space-time is smooth as Einstein predicted, and has ruled out the idea that it’s foamy enough to interfere with light. From NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

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Some of the Universe’s First Galaxies Discovered

21 hours ago by admin

A new survey has found 22 of the earliest galaxies to form in the universe, confirming the age of one at just 787 million years after the theoretical Big Bang. These and other galaxies from the universe’s childhood could help shed light on the conditions that governed the early universe. With recent ...

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06
Nov
2009
Magnifiques détails de la galaxie M 83 photographiés par le télescope Hubble

1 day ago by Pyxmalion

Détails de la galaxie M83 (cliquez pour agrandir) Sensationnel ! C’est certainement l’un des premiers mots qui est venu à l’esprit des astronomes qui ont découvert cette image de la galaxie M 83 au mois d’aot dernier. Une image qui vient d’être publiée, réalisée par le télescope spatial Hubble et sa ...

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Caution, Discernment, and Tension…

1 day ago by Daija

Imagine the energy generated in the Cosmos, when entire galaxies collide. Above is a NASA image of such an occurrence. The Hubble telescope caught this image of two gigantic systems containing millions of stars and planets on a collision course. If our little Moon tugs and pulls the great oceans of ...

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ESO Discovers New Cluster of Galaxies in Images

1 day ago by Dr. Geller

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) released images earlier this week of a newly discovered cluster of galaxies estimated to be roughly seven billion light years distant. The discovery was made possible by combining data from ESO’s Very Large Telescope and the Subaru Telescope, operated by the N ...

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Interesting Astrophysics: Nov 02 to Nov 06

1 day ago by Dave Strickland.

Of particular note this week are Crighton et al (who suggest a particular case of intergalactic metal line absorption can be associated with a z=0.2272 galaxy polluting a region ~200 kpc in radius), Bertone et al (metal line cooling from the IGM predicted in the OWLS simulations) Risaliti & Elvis (a ...

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The Universe – Pulsars & Quasars

1 day ago by doctore0

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Pulsars are tiny, only a few miles across but spin as fast as a blender and sweep the sky with beacons of radiation that make them appear to flash on and off. They have unbelievably strong magnetic fields, are more accurate than atomic clocks and they can even tell aliens just where to find the Eart ...

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Hubble: Birthplace of Stars

2 days ago

A spectacular image from the Hubble Space Telescope’s newly-installed Wide Field Camera 3, showing a birthplace of stars in the nearby galaxy M83: Hubble Image Showcases Star Birth in M83, the Southern Pinwheel. (Hat tip: Phil Plait, who has interesting commentary on how this image was generated, an ...

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Hubble: Birthplace of Stars

2 days ago

A spectacular image from the Hubble Space Telescope’s newly-installed Wide Field Camera 3, showing a birthplace of stars in the nearby galaxy M83: Hubble Image Showcases Star Birth in M83, the Southern Pinwheel. (Hat tip: Phil Plait, who has interesting commentary on how this image was generated, an ...

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05
Nov
2009
I like colorful swirls.

2 days ago by d.d. mayhem

More beautiful stuff from the Hubble Space Telescope. This is part of the M83 galaxy. Baby stars and all kinds of beautiful, drifting stuff. Read more about what’s going on here at Bad Astronomy.

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