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Terrestrial gamma rays in Earths upper atmosphere linked to lightning

November 18th, 2008 - 4:14 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 18 (ANI): Scientists have theorized that massive energy releases known as terrestrial gamma rays, which occur every day in the upper reaches of Earths atmosphere, are linked to lightning ...

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Evidence suggests oceans once covered about a third of ancient Mars

November 18th, 2008 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 18 (ANI): An international team of scientists has uncovered evidence that supports the idea that oceans once covered about a third of ancient Mars. The scientists found the evidence ...

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Computer simulation may solve mystery of dark matter

November 6th, 2008 - 3:58 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 6 (ANI): A new research has indicated that the search for dark matter, a mysterious substance that makes up most of the Universe, could soon be at an end, ...

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Astronomers search for antimatter in colliding galaxies

November 1st, 2008 - 3:40 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 1 (ANI): Astronomers have probed the collision of two large clusters of galaxies, using NASAs Chandra X-ray Observatory and Compton Gamma Ray Observatory , to search for evidence of ...

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New gamma-ray detector to uncover structure of the atomic nucleus

October 31st, 2008 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Oct 31 (ANI): UK physicists are constructing a new gamma-ray detector that will help to uncover the structure of the atomic nucleus, as well as in the advancement of medical ...

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New cancer treatment uses heavy ion beams to kill deep-seated tumours

October 25th, 2008 - 5:51 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct 25 (ANI): Chinese nuclear physicists have developed a new treatment for cancer that uses heavy ion beams to kill malignant tumours more than 2.1 cm below the skin''s ...

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Gamma rays emitting pulsar to shed new light on stellar evolution

October 17th, 2008 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Oct 17 (ANI): Astronomers have discovered a new class of pulsars that emit gamma rays, which would open a new window on the evolution of stars. One such object was discovered ...

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NASA’’s Swift satellite finds most distant gamma-ray burst ever detected

September 20th, 2008 - 12:08 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, September 20 (ANI): NASA''s Swift satellite has found the most distant gamma-ray burst ever detected, designated GRB 080913, which arose from an exploding star 12.8 billion light-years away. "This is ...

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“Naked-eye” gamma ray burst was aimed squarely at Earth

September 11th, 2008 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, September 11 (ANI): Data from satellites and observatories around the globe have shown that a jet from a powerful stellar explosion, which was witnessed on March 19 this year, was ...

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Stellar blast gamma ray was aimed at earth: NASA

September 11th, 2008 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS -
Washington, Sep 11 (Xinhua) Data from satellites and observatories around the globe show a jet from a powerful stellar explosion witnessed March 19 was aimed almost directly at the Earth, the US ...

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Galactic superclash proves rarity of antimatter in the Universe

September 3rd, 2008 - 3:44 pm ICT by ANI -
London, September 3 (ANI): A research on the collision of entire clusters of galaxies has helped set the strongest limit yet on the amount of antimatter in the Universe, proving that ...

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New detector can sniff out even low levels of gamma radiation

August 19th, 2008 - 5:05 pm ICT by ANI -
London, August 19 (ANI): Scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California have produced a new detector sensitive even to low levels of gamma radiation. US shipping ports receive about ...

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Exploding star not as normal as initially thought

July 25th, 2008 - 4:10 pm ICT by ANI -
Munich, July 25 (ANI): Astronomers have indicated that a recent supernova may not be normal as initially thought, with the star that exploded now understood to have collapsed into a black ...

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NASAs new space telescope to launch aboard Delta II on June 3

May 23rd, 2008 - 3:47 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, May 23 (ANI): NASA would launch its Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, aboard Delta II, on June 3, 2008, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The June 3 ...

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Recycled NASA telescope to be used for bomb detection

May 10th, 2008 - 5:57 pm ICT by admin -
London, May 10 (ANI): An astrophysicist has recycled parts from one of NASAs Compton Gamma Ray Observatorys old instruments for bomb detection. According to a report in Nature News, the 9-year mission ...

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NASAs new space mission may unravel extreme astrophysical processes

May 2nd, 2008 - 4:00 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, May 2 (ANI): NASA scientists are all set to launch a new space mission this month, which may unveil various extreme astrophysical processes in nature such as pulsars, remnants of ...

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Hubble photographs brightest cosmic explosion

April 11th, 2008 - 12:51 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, April 11 (ANI): NASAs Hubble Space Telescope has photographed the fading optical counterpart of a powerful gamma ray burst that holds the record for being the brightest naked-eye object ever ...

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DNA repair may have provided bdelloid rotifers with enough of the advantages of sex

April 3rd, 2008 - 5:59 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, April 3 (ANI): Amazed by the microscopic animals called bdelloid rotifers that have unusually been able to escape extinction despite giving up sex, scientists have now hypothesised that an extraordinary ...

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Light from stellar explosion older than both Earth and Sun detected

April 3rd, 2008 - 11:53 am ICT by admin -
Washington, April 3 (ANI): Light from a stellar explosion older than both the Sun and Earth and more than half way across the universe, has been detected by an amateur internet ...

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Earth could be right in firing line when dying star eventually explodes

March 3rd, 2008 - 3:38 pm ICT by admin -
Canberra, March 3 (ANI): A new study has indicated that Earth could face a burst of gamma-ray radiation from a dying star located in the constellation Sagittarius, any time between now and ...

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Mysterious antimatter in Milky Way might originate from tiny black holes

January 23rd, 2008 - 1:45 pm ICT by admin -
London, Jan 23 (ANI): A new study by astronomers has suggested that tiny black holes at the centre of our galaxy could be a possible source of the mysterious antimatter present in ...

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Oldest-ever short gamma ray burst dating back to 7.4 billion years detected

January 9th, 2008 - 1:01 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Jan 9 (ANI): Astronomers have detected the traces of a cosmic explosion known as a short gamma-ray burst (GRB) from further back in time than ever before, specifically 7.4 billion years ...

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2007 Gamma ray burst did not originate from neutron stars or black holes in Andromeda Galaxy

January 5th, 2008 - 12:23 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Jan 5 (ANI): New observations from physicists have led to the conclusion that intense burst of gamma rays possibly coming from the Andromeda Galaxy in February 2007 lacked a gravitational wave, ...

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NASA reports first instance of battle of the galaxies

December 18th, 2007 - 12:34 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Dec 18 (ANI): New findings from NASA observatories indicate that a powerful jet from a super massive black hole is blasting and damaging a nearby galaxy, with this being the first ...

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A dose of radiation may help zap malaria

November 14th, 2007 - 10:19 am ICT by admin -

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