Cosmic collisions ‘aren’t responsible for black hole growth’
January 6th, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 6 (ANI): A new study has revealed that cosmic collisions, which have been believed to be the culprit behind increasing growth of black holes, are not to blame.When black holes ... Read more...
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‘Coreshine’ offers insight into stellar births
September 24th, 2010 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 24 (ANI): A group of astronomers has made a new discovery that promises a new window onto the earliest phases of star formation.Science is literally in the dark when it ... Read more...
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Astronomers witness birth of a star
June 18th, 2010 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 18 (ANI): Astronomers have witnessed the birth of a star, that could be youngest known to us.Still far from a fully developed star, the object is in the earliest stages ... Read more...
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NASA’s Spitzer telescope observes youngest brown dwarf ever observed
November 24th, 2009 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 24 (ANI): NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has contributed to the discovery of the youngest brown dwarf ever observed, a finding that, if confirmed, may solve an astronomical mystery about how ... 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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Scientists find ‘ultra-primitive’ particles in comet dust
November 3rd, 2009 - 3:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 3 (ANI): In a new study, samples of comet dust collected by high-flying aircraft in the upper atmosphere have yielded an unexpectedly rich trove of relicts from the ancient cosmos.The ... Read more...
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Herschel telescope sees deep-space pearls on a cosmic string
October 3rd, 2009 - 1:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 3 (ANI): The Herschel telescope has captured images of cold gas clouds lying near the plane of the Milky Way, a region that is dotted with stellar factories, like pearls ... Read more...
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View Earth’s clearest skies from Antarctic plateau, say scientists
June 8th, 2009 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 8 (ANI): A research team has found that the Antarctic plateau offers world-beating atmospheric conditions to view possibly the clearest skies on Earth.According to a report in New Scientist, Michael ... Read more...
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Life on earth literally fell from space!
June 3rd, 2009 - 10:01 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, June 3 (IANS) Life on earth literally fell from space, according to new Canadian research.
Analysis of a meteorite that fell from space on the frozen Tagish Lake in Canada in 2000 ... Read more...
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World’s largest space telescope aims to explore depths of the Universe
May 12th, 2009 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
Berlin, May 12 (ANI): Herschel, the largest space telescope ever built, would explore the depths of the Universe, once it launches into orbit aboard the latest ESA (European Space Agency) mission on ... Read more...
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Astronomers observe stars forming close to Milky Ways central black hole
January 6th, 2009 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 6 (ANI): Astronomers have shown that stars can even form very close to the Milky Ways central black hole.The center of our galaxy is wracked with powerful gravitational tides ... Read more...
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Gravity plays larger role in star formation than previously thought
January 1st, 2009 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 1 (ANI): New computer visualization technology developed by researchers at Harvard University has helped astrophysicists understand that gravity plays a larger role than previously thought in deep spaces vast, ... Read more...
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NASA telescope discovers organics and water in a possible planet-forming region
March 14th, 2008 - 12:55 pm ICT by admin
Washington, March 14 (ANI): Researchers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered large amounts of simple organic gases and water vapor in a possible planet-forming region around an infant star, along ... Read more...
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