Largest 3D map of universe unveiled
August 9th, 2012 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 9 (IANS) Astronomers have unveiled the largest ever 3D map of the sky, encompassing massive galaxies and distant black holes, based on Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III).The ... Read more...
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Cold streams of gas pushed huge growth in black holes
December 14th, 2011 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 14 (IANS) A steady diet of cold, thin streams of gas are what pushed the rapid growth of early supermassive black holes, according to astrophysicists.Computer simulations show that ... Read more...
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Most detailed 3D map of universe unveiled
May 4th, 2011 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 4 (IANS) It is being touted as the biggest and the most detailed ever 3D map of the universe - a journey going back 11 billion years.
Scientists ... Read more...
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Scientists create largest-ever three-dimensional map of distant universe
May 2nd, 2011 - 5:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 2 (ANI): Scientists have created the largest-ever three-dimensional map of the distant universe using the light of the brightest objects in the cosmos.Scientists used light from 14,000 quasars, supermassive black ... Read more...
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Biggest-ever image of night sky released
January 12th, 2011 - 9:14 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Jan 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Astronomers are moving closer to creating a 3-D map of the universe.As part of that project, images from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey of SDSS ... Read more...
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NASA scientists’ breakthrough in determining hyperactivity of black holes
December 21st, 2010 - 5:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 21 (ANI): Scientists have been able to determine how often the biggest black holes have been active over the last few billion years, thanks to a new study from NASA's ... Read more...
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Mysteries of ‘Green Pea’ galaxies unveiled
September 11th, 2010 - 2:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 11 (ANI): An astronomer has unveiled the mysteries of strange so-called 'Green Pea' galaxies.First discovered in 2007 by amateur stargazers, it has now been shown that these extraordinary ... Read more...
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Boffins discover unusual cosmic lens
July 21st, 2010 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 21 (ANI): Astronomers have discovered the first known case of a distant galaxy being magnified by a quasar acting as a gravitational lens.The discovery, by researchers at the California ... Read more...
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Unusual cosmic lens discovered
July 17th, 2010 - 4:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 17 (ANI): Astronomers have discovered the first known case of a distant galaxy being magnified by a quasar acting as a gravitational lens.The discovery, by researchers at the California ... Read more...
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‘Watery, rocky planets are commonplace in the Milky Way’
April 13th, 2010 - 4:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 13 (ANI): Astronomers have found evidence that rocky planets are commonplace in the Milky Way, or the Galaxy.Dr. Jay Farihi, Leicester University scientist and lead author, surveyed white dwarfs, the ... Read more...
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Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity passes biggest cosmic test
March 11th, 2010 - 2:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 11(ANI): Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity has passed its biggest test yet, with an analysis of more than 70,000 galaxies by scientists, supporting the hypothesis.By calculating the clustering ... Read more...
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Astronomers find evidence of merging galaxies creating binary quasar
February 4th, 2010 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 4 (ANI): Astronomers have found the first clear evidence of a binary quasar within a pair of actively merging galaxies.Quasars are the extremely bright centers of galaxies surrounding super-massive ... Read more...
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Universe peppered with ‘blue fuzzies’, discover astronomers
November 26th, 2009 - 4:21 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, November 26 (ANI): Australian astronomers have discovered that the universe is peppered with tiny blue dwarf galaxies known as 'blue fuzzies'.These tiny galaxies are made up mostly of young hot stars ... Read more...
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World’s fastest supercomputer to reveal secrets of ‘unseen’ universe
October 27th, 2009 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 27 (ANI): Scientists are using the world's fastest supercomputer to model origins of the unseen universe, namely, dark energy.Understanding dark energy is the number one issue in explaining the ... Read more...
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Mapping 3D structure of Universe may shed new light on dark energy
October 2nd, 2009 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 2 (ANI): Astronomers from the University of Arizona (UA) and 41 other institutions are beginning the most ambitious project yet to map the three-dimensional structure of the universe in a ... Read more...
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Catalina Sky Survey finds 700 “optical transients” and 177 supernovae
August 25th, 2009 - 3:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 25 (ANI): Astronomers, using astronomical data from the University of Arizona's Catalina Sky Survey, have found more than 700 unique "optical transients," or objects that change brightness on time scales ... Read more...
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Astronomers map 110,000 galaxies
April 6th, 2009 - 12:19 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, April 6 (IANS) Astronomers have completed the most detailed survey of 110,000 galaxies in the nearby universe, which will not only reveal their locations but also where they're heading, how fast ... Read more...
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Astronomers discover a pair of twin black holes
March 5th, 2009 - 3:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 5 (ANI): Astronomers from the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) in Tucson, Arizona, have found what looks like a pair of twin black holes, orbiting each other in the ... Read more...
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Black hole duo could be creating ripples in fabric of space-time
March 5th, 2009 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 5 (ANI): Astronomers have suggested that two newfound black holes on the verge of crashing into each other could be creating ripples in the fabric of space-time.According to a ... Read more...
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Intergalactic dust detected by analysis of quasars colors
February 27th, 2009 - 2:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 27 (ANI): A team of astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) have detected intergalactic dust by analyzing the colors of distant quasars whose light passes in the ... Read more...
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New project to probe Milky Way history
December 16th, 2008 - 4:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 16 (ANI): A new project, led by a University of Virginia (U.Va.) professor, is all set to survey more than 100,000 Milky Way stars, in an attempt to know ... Read more...
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Space firefly is unlike any known object seen by astronomers
September 16th, 2008 - 4:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 16 (ANI): A new study has reported an object that brightened intensely and then faded back into obscurity over a period of about seven months, which is unlike anything ... Read more...
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Galaxy Zoo gets itself a whopping 150,000 members!
September 3rd, 2008 - 2:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 3 (ANI): Galaxy Zoo, an online astronomy project that invites people from all walks of life to assist in classifying over a million galaxies, has already got itself a ... Read more...
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Most massive cluster of galaxies in Universe discovered
August 26th, 2008 - 11:55 am ICT by ANI
Paris, August 26 (ANI): ESAs (European Space Agencys) orbiting X-ray observatory XMM-Newton has discovered the most massive cluster of galaxies seen in the distant Universe until now.The newly-discovered cluster, known only ... Read more...
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New minor planet found in solar system
August 19th, 2008 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 19 (DPA) A new rocky object similar to a comet and known as a minor planet has been discovered in the solar system some 3.2 billion km from Earth and ... Read more...
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Astronomers detect the most direct evidence of dark energy
August 12th, 2008 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 12 (ANI): Astronomers have detected the most direct evidence of dark energy in supervoids and superclusters, deep in space.
According to a report in National Geographic News, a new color-coded ... Read more...
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The universe might be fractal, say scientists
June 25th, 2008 - 3:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 25 (ANI): A new study of nearly a million galaxies has suggested that the matter in the universe is arranged in a fractal pattern.According to a report in New ... Read more...
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Astronomers map the metals in millions of Milky Way stars
May 29th, 2008 - 12:43 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 29 (ANI): An international team of astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-II) has unveiled the most complete and detailed map yet of the metals present in more ... Read more...
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Milky Way is slimmer than previously believed
May 28th, 2008 - 2:51 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 28 (ANI): New measurements by an international team of scientists have revealed that the Milky Way galaxy is slimmer than previously believed.The discovery is based on data from ... Read more...
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Astronomers detect light echo of a high-energy flash from a black hole
April 18th, 2008 - 1:49 pm ICT by admin
Berlin, April 18 (ANI): Astronomers have for the first time detected the light echo of a high-energy flash from a black hole.An international team led by Stefanie Komossa from the Max ... Read more...
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Hubble spots elusive double Einstein ring bulls eye
January 11th, 2008 - 1:19 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Jan 11 (ANI): Observations from the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed the presence of a pair of glowing rings, dubbed as the Einstein ring, which are caused by the complex bending ... Read more...
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Milky Way’s two stellar halos have opposing spins
December 13th, 2007 - 6:27 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Dec.13 (ANI): We call it home, but the Milky Way can still surprise us. It does not have just one halo of stars, but two.
According to Daniela Carollo of the ... Read more...
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