Alien Life could be discovered within the next 40 years
September 7th, 2012 - 9:21 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Sept 7 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Lord Martin Rees who is the queen’s astronomer said last night that there is a possibility of alien life being discovered beyond the solar system in the ... Read more...
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New tool can map birth, evolution of galaxies
August 17th, 2012 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 17 (IANS) Astrophysicists have developed a new computational approach that can accurately map the birth and evolution of thousands of galaxies over billions of years. It can also ... Read more...
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NASA exploring ways to clean up space debris
March 12th, 2012 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Tampa (US), March 12 (IANS) Faced with increasing threats of space debris, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is actively exploring ways to clean up the outer space.Donald ... Read more...
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Parent star’s long ‘napping’ could trigger the formation of baby stars
March 10th, 2011 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 10 (ANI): It has long been suspected that the build up of material onto young stars is not continuous but happens in episodic events, resulting in short outbursts of energy ... Read more...
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First stars in the universe weren’t as lonely as previously thought
February 4th, 2011 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 4 (ANI): Researchers from the Center of Astronomy at Heidelberg University, the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching, and The University of Texas at Austin have found that the ... Read more...
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NIST study may solve ‘universe’s expansion mystery’
January 7th, 2011 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 7 (ANI): Astrophysicists may finally be able to solve the mystery of the unending expansion of our universe, thanks to a telescope calibrated by scientists from the National Institute of ... Read more...
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Large mysterious object ‘on edge of solar system hurling comets at Earth’
December 8th, 2010 - 12:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 8 (ANI): Scientists have said that a massive object lurking at the edge of the solar system could be responsible for hurling comets at Earth.Most comets that fly into the ... Read more...
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Scientists discover ‘dramatic flares, bursts from mysterious pulsar’
October 15th, 2010 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 15 (ANI): Scientists have discovered dramatic flares and bursts of energy emanating from a weakly magnetised, slowly rotating pulsar.The international team of astrophysicists who made the discovery believes that the ... Read more...
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How white-dwarf stars merge and become a supernova
January 8th, 2010 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 8 (ANI): A team of astrophysicists from the Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics in Garching, Germany, has used computer simulations to show that some supernovae are a result of the merger of ... Read more...
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Maths model aids in making simulations of early universe
January 6th, 2010 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 6 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have come up with a mathematical model that aids in developing simulations of the early universe.Daniel R. Reynolds, assistant professor of mathematics ... Read more...
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Today: Water On The Moon, Tomorrow: Lunar Station?
November 14th, 2009 - 7:23 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Nov. 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A trip to the moon doesn't sound such a grim prospect any more, after all, there are chances that you won't die of thirst. Thursday brought ... Read more...
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New class of supernova explosion discovered by scientists
November 6th, 2009 - 5:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 6 (ANI): Scientists at Berkeley University have discovered a new class of supernova, which may be the first example of a new type of exploding star.Earlier, a team of astrophysicists ... Read more...
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Computer code gives scientists first full simulation of star’s final hours
September 23rd, 2009 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 23 (ANI): A team of scientists has created the first full simulation of a star's final hours.The team of researchers composed of three applied mathematicians at the US Department of ... Read more...
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Lunar Eclipse: A Very Faint One
August 7th, 2009 - 6:05 pm ICT by GD
The series of astronomical events that has our heads lately tilted towards the sky, started with a weak penumbral eclipse on July 7th (the energy chains of Cancer and Leo), followed by ... Read more...
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Physicists find new explanation for solar system’s being
July 21st, 2009 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, July 21 (IANS) A team of international astrophysicists has found a new explanation for the early composition of our solar system.
The team has found that radioactive nuclei found in the ... Read more...
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Dying giant star may have fuelled life in our solar system
July 21st, 2009 - 3:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 21 (ANI): In a new research, an international team of astrophysicists has found evidence that suggests life in our solar system may have been fuelled by a nearby dying giant ... Read more...
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Earliest stars in Universe may have been twins
July 10th, 2009 - 12:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 10 (ANI): Astrophysicists, using extremely detailed computer simulations, have determined that the earliest stars in the universe formed not only as individuals, but sometimes also as twins.The robust simulations of ... Read more...
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New class of medium sized black holes found
July 6th, 2009 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 6 (IANS) Astronomers have come by the first solid evidence of a new class of medium sized black holes, with more than 500 times the sun's mass, in a distant ... Read more...
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Astronomers discover new class of black holes
July 2nd, 2009 - 12:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 2 (ANI): An international team of astronomers has discovered a new class of black hole, more than 500 times the mass of the Sun.Astronomers made the finding in a distant ... Read more...
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Mystery stellar explosion may have marked unusual death of carbon-rich star
June 2nd, 2009 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 2 (ANI): A new research by astrophysicists at the University of Warwick, UK, has discovered that a mystery stellar explosion recorded in 2006 may have marked the unusual death ... Read more...
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Scientists see singular cosmic act of rebirth
May 22nd, 2009 - 12:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 22 (ANI): An international team of astrophysicists has observed a singular cosmic act of rebirth, by seeing the transformation of an ordinary, slow-rotating pulsar into a superfast millisecond pulsar with ... Read more...
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Giant galaxies born 6-7 billion years earlier than expected
April 24th, 2009 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 24 (ANI): Astronomers have discovered large galaxies that have not changed much in size for the last 9 billion years, which suggests these cosmic giants were born 6-7 billion years ... Read more...
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Mosquito laser gun may sound the death knell for malaria
March 15th, 2009 - 2:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 15 (ANI): A ray gun to kill mosquitoes is being created by American scientists.The zapper is being built in Seattle where astrophysicists have created a laser that locks onto ... Read more...
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Magnetic forces shape cosmic jets streaming out of stars
February 11th, 2009 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 11 (IANS) Jets of matter streaming out of stars are among the most striking cosmic phenomena, but astrophysicists were unable to explain how they achieve varied shapes. "The predominant theory ... Read more...
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Nehru Planetarium to organise public skywatch
February 2nd, 2009 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Ever look up and marvel at the beauty of the evening sky? Skygazers in the national capital now have the opportunity of studying celestial bodies as the ... Read more...
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Moon’’s polar craters could be the best place to find lunar ice
December 18th, 2008 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 18 (ANI): Scientists have determined that the best place to find ice on the lunar surface could be the Moons polar craters.According to a team of astrophysicists, led ... Read more...
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What happened before the Big Bang
December 17th, 2008 - 1:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 17 (ANI): A team of astrophysicists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has said that their new theoretical interpretation of an imprint from the earliest stages of the ... Read more...
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Hot spots in space that bombard Earth with cosmic rays identified
November 25th, 2008 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 25 (ANI): The Los Alamos National Laboratory cosmic-ray observatory in New Mexico, US, has seen for the first time two distinct hot spots in space that appear to be ... Read more...
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”Little bang” may have triggered solar system formation
October 3rd, 2008 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 3 (ANI): Astrophysicists at the Carnegie Institution''s Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (DTM) have shown for the first time that a ''little bang'', in the form of a supernova, could ... Read more...
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Astrophysicists find most massive star to date
September 20th, 2008 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 20 (ANI): An international team of astrophysicists has found and weighed the most massive star to date, which has a mass 116 times greater than that of the Sun.The ... Read more...
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Rotation of the Milky Way is simpler than previously thought
September 20th, 2008 - 11:59 am ICT by ANI
Munich, September 20 (ANI): New, very precise measurements, taken by the ESO (European Southern Observatory) instrument HARPS, have shown that the rotation of the Milky Way is simpler than previously thought.A ... Read more...
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Dark matter may be a wimp or a champ
September 10th, 2008 - 1:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 10 (ANI): Astrophysicists are debating whether the mysterious dark matter is a WIMP (Weakly interacting massive particle), or a CHAMP (Charged massive particle).According to a report in New Scientist, ... Read more...
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Bright flares emitted by mangled stars could reveal ejected black holes
August 4th, 2008 - 1:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 4 (ANI): Astrophysicists have determined that bright flares emitted by a retinue of captured stars could detect a black hole ejected from its host galaxy.When two supermassive black holes ... Read more...
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Study casts doubt on theory that galaxies spin their own magnetic fields
July 17th, 2008 - 3:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 17 (ANI): A study of light from distant quasars is casting serious doubt on the theory that galaxies spin their own fields over many billions of years.According to a ... Read more...
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Identical twin stars are remarkably different
June 19th, 2008 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 19 (ANI): The analysis of the youngest pair of identical twin stars yet discovered has revealed remarkable differences in brightness, surface temperature and possibly even the size of the ... Read more...
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