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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Last chance to view the Supernova
September 7th, 2011 - 10:24 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Sept 7 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Space watchers around the world will have the last chance to take a look at the new supernova on the 8th of September. The supernova is located ... Read more...
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Does galaxy hold thousands of ticking ‘time bombs’?
September 7th, 2011 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 7 (IANS) In the blockbuster 'Speed', a bomb on a bus is triggered to detonate if the vehicle slows down below 50 miles an hour.The premise, slow down ... Read more...
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New evidence on what triggered ancient Supernovas
April 27th, 2011 - 2:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 27 (ANI): Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have discovered new evidence on what trigged an historic supernova explosion.The discovery also provides strong evidence that a star can ... Read more...
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NASA’s Hubble space telescope discovers festive bauble
December 15th, 2010 - 4:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 15 (ANI): NASA's Hubble space telescope has photographed what looks like a festive bauble of gas in our neighboring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud.Formed in the aftermath of a supernova ... Read more...
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New Hubble observations reveal composition of ’star guts’ pouring out
September 4th, 2010 - 6:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 4 (ANI): A new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder has revealed that observations made with NASA's newly refurbished Hubble Space Telescope of a nearby supernova ... Read more...
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Far-off stellar explosion behind shrapnel coming towards earth
June 1st, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 1 (ANI): A scientist at the University of Wisconsin in Madison has said that the excess of high-energy particles hitting Earth could be shrapnel from a stellar explosion 800 light ... 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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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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Mystery of Milky Way’s particle accelerators solved
June 26th, 2009 - 4:59 pm ICT by ANI
Munich, June 26 (ANI): With help of a unique "ballistic study" that combines data from ESO's Very Large Telescope and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have now solved a long-standing mystery of ... Read more...
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New York teen discovers weakest supernova ever seen
June 11th, 2009 - 2:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 11 (ANI: Observations have determined that a peculiar, junior-sized supernova discovered by a New York teenager in 2008, might be the weakest supernova ever seen.The supernova, called SN 2008ha, was ... 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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Astronomers spot most distant object in the Universe
April 28th, 2009 - 1:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 28 (ANI): Astronomers have spotted the most distant object yet confirmed in the universe, which is a self-destructing star that exploded 13.1 billion light years from Earth.According to a report ... Read more...
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Astronomers dissect a giant stellar explosion
April 4th, 2009 - 4:25 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, April 4 (ANI): A meticulous analysis of data has allowed astronomers to investigate the initial phases of a giant stellar explosion, which led to the ejection of matter at velocities close ... Read more...
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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 ... Read more...
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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 ... Read more...
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Hubble observes thin ribbon of 1,000-yr-old supernova remnant
July 2nd, 2008 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 2 (ANI): NASAs Hubble Space Telescope has sent back images that show a delicate ribbon of gas, which is a very thin section of a supernova remnant caused by ... Read more...
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Supernova birth seen for first time by astronomers
May 22nd, 2008 - 1:06 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 22 (ANI): Astronomers have observed the death of a star for the first time in the form of a stellar explosion, which is also the first detection of the ... Read more...
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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 ... Read more...
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Luminous stellar explosion is most distant object visible to the naked eye (Re-Issue)
March 23rd, 2008 - 2:59 pm ICT by admin
Washington, March 23 (ANI): NASA's Swift satellite has detected a powerful stellar explosion, which has shattered the record for the most distant object visible to the naked eye and also ranks ... Read more...
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Stellar explosion is most distant and brightest object visible to the naked eye
March 21st, 2008 - 3:44 pm ICT by admin
Washington, March 21 (ANI): NASA's Swift satellite has detected a powerful stellar explosion, which has shattered the record for the most distant object visible to the naked eye and also ranks ... Read more...
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