Alien encounter may not be happy one: Nobel laureate
August 27th, 2012 - 10:50 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 27 (IANS) It is probably unwise for human beings to be telling aliens where we are, Nobel laureate Brian P. Schmidt has said."I think it is probably not ... Read more...
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Nobel laureate predicts a dark universe
August 24th, 2012 - 10:42 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 24 (IANS) Astronomers should feel lucky they have a space full of stars, galaxies and other objects to study, says Nobel laureate Brian P. Schmidt who believes that ... Read more...
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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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Three scientists win Nobel Prize in Physics
October 4th, 2011 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Stockholm, Oct 4 (IANS) Three scientists Tuesday won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics for their studies of exploding stars that revealed the universe was expanding quickly.
Saul Perlmutter and Adam ... 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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A spiral picture-perfect galaxy!
February 3rd, 2011 - 4:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 3 (ANI): A spiral galaxy, NGC 3621, about 22 million light-years away in the constellation of Hydra (The Sea Snake), is just a picture-perfect one, suggests its new photographs.Joe ... Read more...
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Biggest galaxies formed when universe was young
November 25th, 2010 - 4:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 25 (ANI): A new research led by Tufts University has found that some of the universe's most massive galaxies may have formed billions of years earlier than current scientific models ... Read more...
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Measuring the cosmic distance using supernovae
October 25th, 2010 - 5:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 25 (ANI): A second class of supernovae may be used to measure the scale of the cosmos, providing an independent check on measurements that were first used more than a ... Read more...
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Universe at big bang’s time was highly chaotic
September 8th, 2010 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 8 (ANI): Using rigorous mathematical arguments, researchers have proved that the expansion of the universe at the time of the big bang was highly chaotic.The study by Northwestern University physicist ... Read more...
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Indian-origin scientist says universe will continue to expand forever
August 20th, 2010 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 20 (ANI): An Indian-origin cosmologist at Yale University has conducted a study that indicates that the expansion of the universe will continue to expand forever.Priyamvada Natarajan used a massive galaxy ... Read more...
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New technique could be key to understanding fate of the universe
May 28th, 2010 - 3:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 28 (ANI): Researchers are all set to unlock the mysteries of the Universe and how we came to be by using a technique for modelling fluids, similar to one which ... Read more...
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Astronomers find ‘defiant’ new supernova
May 20th, 2010 - 5:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 20 (ANI): Astronomers have discovered a supernova whose origin cannot be explained by any previously known mechanism and which promises exciting new insights into stellar explosions.SN2005E was first spotted ... Read more...
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Origin of key cosmic explosions revealed
February 18th, 2010 - 3:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 18 (ANI): New findings from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have shown that mergers of two dense stellar remnants are the likely cause of many of the supernovae that have been ... Read more...
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Runaway anti-matter production results in spectacular stellar explosion
January 5th, 2010 - 2:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 5 (ANI): A team of astronomers has discovered a distant star that exploded when its center became so hot that matter and anti-matter particle pairs were created.The finding was ... Read more...
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Neutrinos may have sparked off mysterious dark energy
December 29th, 2009 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 29 (ANI): A team of theoretical physicists has suggested that the mysterious force known as dark energy, which is causing our universe to expand at a faster and faster rate, ... Read more...
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Hubble snaps deepest image of universe ever taken in near-infrared light
December 9th, 2009 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 9 (ANI): NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has made the deepest image of the universe ever taken in near-infrared light.The image was taken in the same region as the ... 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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XMM-Newton telescope uncovers celestial ‘Rosetta stone’
September 4th, 2009 - 12:40 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, September 4 (ANI): The ESA's (European Space agency's) XMM-Newton orbiting X-ray telescope has uncovered a celestial Rosetta stone, in the form of the first close-up of a white dwarf star, circling ... Read more...
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Type 1a supernovae vital for making precise measurement of Universe’s expansion rate
August 13th, 2009 - 2:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 13 (ANI): A new study has determined that type 1a supernovae will have to be taken into account if astronomers are to use them for more precise measurements of cosmic ... Read more...
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Astronomers discover most dark gamma-ray bursts occur in normal galaxies
June 9th, 2009 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 9 (ANI): An international team of astronomers has found most dark gamma-ray bursts occur in normal galaxies detectable by large, ground-based optical telescopes.Gamma-ray bursts are the universe's biggest explosions, capable ... Read more...
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Radio astronomers demonstrate vital tool for unraveling mystery of dark energy
June 9th, 2009 - 3:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 9 (ANI): Radio astronomers have directly measured the distance to a faraway galaxy, providing a valuable "yardstick" for calibrating large astronomical distances and demonstrating a vital method that could help ... Read more...
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New model postulates existence of shape-shifting ‘chameleon’ particle
May 30th, 2009 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 30 (ANI): Cosmologists have come up with a model postulating the existence of a 'chameleon' particle, which would change its mass depending on its environment, and might be used to ... 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 chart most accurate map of galaxies in our region of universe
April 3rd, 2009 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, April 3 (ANI): An international team of astronomers has completed the most accurate map of hundreds of thousands of galaxies in our region of the universe.According to a report by ... Read more...
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Universe continuing to expand, confirms study
December 20th, 2008 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Dec 20 (IANS) Canadian astronomers have rejected the new "void models" that say the earth is near the centre of a region of the universe which is almost empty.Researchers at the ... Read more...
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Earths location in the Universe is utterly unremarkable
December 19th, 2008 - 2:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 19 (ANI): A team of researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada have come up with a theory that suggests the Earths location in the Universe ... Read more...
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Dark energy may have resulted in ”arrested development of the Universe”
December 17th, 2008 - 1:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 17 (ANI): A team of astronomers, using NASA''s Chandra X-ray Observatory, has obtained the best clues yet of how dark energy has stifled the growth of galaxy clusters in ... Read more...
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Best evidence yet for existence of dark energy in the Universe
December 17th, 2008 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 17 (ANI): A team of astronomers, using NASA''s Chandra X-ray Observatory, has obtained the best clues yet about the existence of dark energy in the Universe.
Scientists think dark energy ... Read more...
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US scientists measure dark energy, show Einstein was right
December 17th, 2008 - 5:29 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 17 (DPA) A group of US scientists said Tuesday that they have used a new technique to confirm the existence of dark energy, a mysterious force believed to be responsible ... Read more...
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Unknown structures tugging at Universe like cosmic magnets
November 7th, 2008 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 7 (ANI): A new study has suggested that unknown and unseen structures, which may be located beyond the current cosmological horizon, are tugging on our universe like cosmic magnets. ... Read more...
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Why life on Earth coincides with a vital shift in the makeup of the universe
October 26th, 2008 - 12:12 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra, Oct 26 (ANI): Scientists have come up with an answer to the puzzling question of why life on Earth coincides with a momentous shift in the makeup of the universe.According ... Read more...
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Dark phantom energy maybe causing accelerated expansion of the Universe
October 22nd, 2008 - 4:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 22 (ANI): A team of cosmologists from the University of the Basque Country has determined that the accelerated expansion of the Universe can be explained by dark phantom energy.To ... Read more...
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Now, a speedometer for determining the velocities of stars
September 10th, 2008 - 4:28 pm ICT by ANI
Berlin, September 10 (ANI): An international team of scientists have developed a new instrument that can be called as a speedometer for determining the velocities of stars and other celestial bodies, ... 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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Universes dark matter and dark energy may be two faces of the same coin
February 2nd, 2008 - 12:06 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 2 (ANI): Gaining in-depth knowledge of two mysterious constituents of the Universe may help demystify the dark side of it, say astronomers at the University of St Andrews.Dr HongSheng Zhao ... Read more...
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