Astronomy News
Exoplanet in a triple star system smack dab in the habitable zone
In the race to find the weirdest planet orbiting another star,
Tue 7 Feb 12 from Discover Magazine
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VLT takes most detailed infrared image of the Carina Nebula
(PhysOrg.com) -- ESO's Very Large Telescope has delivered the most detailed infrared image of the Carina Nebula stellar nursery taken so far. Many previously hidden features, scattered across ...
21 hours ago from PhysOrg
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Black Hole Eats Asteroids, Burps Out X-Rays
The supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy may be constantly snacking on asteroids. A new study finds that an asteroid at least 12 miles wide falling into the black hole would account ...
11 hours ago from Wired Science
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Spacecraft probes gas cloud swaddling the solar system
A cloud of interstellar matter envelops the solar system – new observations reveal just how alien it is
Thu 2 Feb 12 from Newscientist
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Astronomy team discovers nearby dwarf galaxy
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team led by UCLA research astronomer Michael Rich has used a unique telescope to discover a previously unknown companion to the nearby galaxy NGC 4449, which is some 12.5 ...
12 hours ago from PhysOrg
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In the dark abyss, a slightly warped mirror on the Milky Way
There is just something wonderful when Hubble points to nearby spiral ...
Fri 3 Feb 12 from Discover Magazine
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ScienceShot: Braking a Dead Star's Wild Spin
Magnetic fields may tame the most extreme pulsars
Thu 2 Feb 12 from Science Now
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Hubble zooms in on a magnified galaxy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Thanks to the presence of a natural "zoom lens" in space, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope got a uniquely close-up look at the brightest "magnified" galaxy yet discovered.
Thu 2 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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Scientists map Milky Way's magnetic field in highest resolution yet
A team of scientists led by the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA) has produced the highest resolution map of the Milky Way's magnetic field ever produced. The map pools over 41,000 ...
Mon 6 Feb 12 from Gizmag
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When worlds collide: Researchers harness supercomputers to understand solar storm, magnetosphere
If the sun is anything, it is reassuring. It rises, sets, and rises again, allowing us to grow crops, get tan, and power homes, just to name a few of humanity's most important life-sustaining ...
Tue 7 Feb 12 from PhysOrg
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