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The conclusions of a new scientific study provide the first evidence that microbes can indeed survive being blasted into space, traveling for millions of years, reentering an atmosphere, and then making their way to the surface of an alien body. Until now, experts have hypothesized that this is possible, but investig... |
7 July 2011
10:41 GMT |
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The Gaia mission that the European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing to launch in the near future will feature the largest, most advanced digital camera ever to fly in space. The array will feature a resolution of about one billion pixels, which will be pieced together from 106 separate electronic detectors.All of thes... |
6 July 2011
08:22 GMT |
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In a study published only recently, a researcher indicates that space contamination flows from the Earth to the surrounding environment, and not the other way around. The work draws an interesting parallel to the case of the Apollo 11 crew. The astronauts were locked up in quarantine for no less than three weeks afte... |
5 July 2011
05:22 GMT |
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Radio wavelength emissions recorded from filaments located within our galaxy may in fact represent a definitive proof that dark matter indeed exists. Astronomers discovered these central galactic filaments some years ago, but had no way of explaining them until now. In the new study, experts are proposing that the em... |
1 July 2011
09:27 GMT |
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By analyzing the chemical signature of molecules such as carbon monoxide, experts at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) were recently able to confirm the existence of a new spiral arm in our galaxy, the Milky Way.The arm is in fact an extension, located at the far end of the Scutum-Centaurus Arm. T... |
14 June 2011
04:56 GMT |
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A new scientific investigation has revealed the presence of yet another enormous black hole, at the core of a galaxy where experts had already discovered a supermassive black hole during previous studies. The two cosmic giants apparently share the same home, experts say, inside the galaxy Markarian 739. The cosmic st... |
11 June 2011
02:29 GMT |
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A collaboration of astronomers announced the discovery of two protostars, located extremely close the the supermassive black hole at the core of the Milky Way. The objects were found just outside the dark behemoth's sphere of influence.The thing that perplexes astronomers about this finding is that the objects s... |
6 June 2011
05:59 GMT |
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Hundreds of black holes, weighing it at several thousand solar masses each, could be roaming the Milky Way, say investigators who recently conducted a new scientific study on the issue. These object are massive enough to devour entire planets whole. Seeing black holes directly is impossible, but experts know enough a... |
2 June 2011
04:10 GMT |
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Using the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope, astronomers were recently able to capture a new image of the impressive spiral galaxy NGC 6744, which lies relatively nearby. The object can be found about 30 million light-years, in the southern constellation of Pavo (The Peacock).A team of astronomers from the European Souther... |
1 June 2011
11:05 GMT |
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A new series of investigations has revealed the presence of a twisting, fast-moving stream of gas clouds swirling around the center of our galaxy. The structure was detected in the far-infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, and is believed to be very cool.The discovery was made using the European Space Age... |
31 May 2011
08:15 GMT |
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Until not long ago, astronomy students were taught that globular clusters are accumulations of stats that formed from the same massive gas cloud. As such, no new stars could develop beyond the time of initial formation. This notion was however proven wrong in a new study.The research looked at a large number of such ... |
31 May 2011
05:35 GMT |
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Astronomers are now convinced that the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies will collide with each other in about 5 billion years. In order to understand what the result of this event will look like, experts now investigate the processes that take place during galactic mergers elsewhere in space. Given the massive sizes ... |
26 May 2011
05:58 GMT |
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A recent study of the central bulge in our galaxy has revealed the presence of a large number of unusual stars called blue stragglers. These rare objects have a tendency of looking much younger than their age should be, astronomers say.Generally, as stellar objects age, they tend to experience a shift in color. When ... |
26 May 2011
04:30 GMT |
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Astronomers at the Stanford University say that only 4 percent of all the galaxies in the Universe have neighbors, like the Milky Way does. Our galaxy has at least two dwarf galaxies as companions, but it may also feature other, yet-undetected neighbors.
Throughout the Universe, this is a fairly rare situation, i... |
21 May 2011
06:05 GMT |
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Every galaxy may contain a very large number of extrasolar planets that is not bound to a parent star. These Jupiter-mass objects roam through the darkness of space without orbiting a star, or anything else for that matter. According to astronomers, this population is many times larger than originally estimated. In... |
19 May 2011
02:03 GMT |
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Experts now propose that our galaxy features 3 galactic arms, rather than 2 proposed until now. The discovery also implies that the overall shape of the Milky Way may be a bit different than calculated based on the old data. The fact that Milky Way is a spiral galaxy has been proposed – and widely accepted &nda... |
16 May 2011
09:29 GMT |
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Using radiation emitted by a maser in the Andromeda galaxy, astronomers are now analyzing the path our neighboring galaxy is taking, in an effort to determine whether and when it will collide with the Milky Way. The new study may help improve current estimates. At this point, scientists believe that it will take abou... |
10 May 2011
04:43 GMT |
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In a series of recent observations, investigators managed to determine the existence of a flowing cloud of cosmic dust in the Omega Nebula. The cloud, dubbed M17 SWex, is currently forming stars, but has not yet began igniting massive, O-type stars, experts say.O stars are the most massive stars in the Universe, and ... |
2 May 2011
05:37 GMT |
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Astronomers using a NASA telescope managed to identify a pair of gamma-ray bubbles being produced at the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way. Early analyses of the latest data seem to indicate that the structures are being produced by the supermassive black hole that occupies the galactic core. The twin structures we... |
20 April 2011
05:31 GMT |
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Astronomers looking for massive stars in the Milky Way believe they may have finally found a population of these immense objects near the galactic plane. Experts have been looking for them using a large number of X-ray and infrared observatories.
The thing about such a population of stars is that they release mas... |
16 April 2011
04:39 GMT |
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According to astronomers, our solar system is traveling through space inside a structure known as the Local Bubble. In fact, this is but one in many cavity-like structure that appear to exist in the interstellar medium at our location in the Milky Way. The interstellar medium (ISM) is a term experts use to refer to a... |
5 April 2011
18:01 GMT |
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A team of astronomers working out of Chile managed to collect an impressive new view of one of the Milky Way's closest companions, the globular star cluster Messier 107. The structure is located relatively nearby, at just 21,000 light-years away from our galaxy. The object was imaged using the 2.2-meter telescop... |
4 April 2011
06:03 GMT |
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Chinese officials announce that the Asian nation will soon begin its own project to hunt down dark energy, the elusive component that makes up more than three quarters of the Universe. The initiative is now only a project on paper, but a test telescope will be built soon enough.
The project is called Tianlai, whic... |
26 March 2011
07:39 GMT |
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An advanced model running on an American supercomputer has revealed the existence of a satellite galaxy around the Milky Way. When astronomers looked for it in real-life, they found traces that may indicate its presence. The model is now used to find other galactic companions as well. Astrophysicists have proposed so... |
24 March 2011
07:00 GMT |
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While investigating the central regions of the Milky Way using an interferometer telescope, astronomers were able to detect traces of stellar fossils that appeared to have been produced by what could best be termed as cosmic intruders. These objects most certainly did not originate inside the galaxy, astronomers say.... |
22 March 2011
09:23 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific study, it would appear that Sun-like stars around our galaxy harbor alien Earths very often. It is estimated that between 1-in-37 and 1-in-70 of them contain such extrasolar planets in their orbits. Yellow dwarf stars may therefore be the most suitable type of cosmic f... |
22 March 2011
04:52 GMT |
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Skywatchers and amateur astronomers in the Northern Hemisphere will soon be able to see components of the Coma/Virgo supercluster, one of the largest structures in the observable Universe. The objects will start to become visible throughout this spring.Also called the “Realm of Galaxies,” the supercluster... |
21 March 2011
04:09 GMT |
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A group of investigators has just released a new version of a standard image depicting the core of our galaxy. The new view places an emphasis on determining the number and type of stars that exist near the center of the Milky Way.
Even at a brief glance, it becomes apparent that the central regions of the 100,00... |
19 March 2011
07:25 GMT |
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A recent study has demonstrated that massive galaxies, structures larger even than the Milky Way is now, existed very early on in the history of the Universe, perhaps as little as 1.5 to 2 billion years after the Big Bang. According to the research, these galaxies may have been 5 to 10 times more massive than our own... |
11 March 2011
05:39 GMT |
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According to the best data available from extrapolations, it would appear that our galaxy may be home to no less than 50 billion exoplanets. The figure is still pretty much estimative, and planet-hunting telescopes have only found around 1,200 to date, but astronomers are pretty confident in it.
The number is base... |
1 March 2011
02:31 GMT |
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For the first time since astronomers have been observing the Andromeda Galaxy, a group of scientists was able to identify a thick stellar disk surrounding the closest galaxy to the Milky Way. The group – which was made up of experts from the UK, the US and Europe – is bound to provide additional insights ... |
15 February 2011
10:19 GMT |
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Astronomers say that they may have finally found the origins of a series of interesting structural features that can be seen in NGC 2359, a formation also known as Thor's Helmet. This is an emission nebula located in the constellation Canis Major, some 15,000 light-years away from our planet. The nebul... |
15 February 2011
05:58 GMT |
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Astronomers have recently determined that our galaxy, the Milky Way, most likely consumed a nearby dwarf galaxy some 700 million years ago. The discovery was made after experts found “leftovers” from the massive cosmic feast. These leftovers come in the form of stars. Some of these objects behave in a pec... |
12 February 2011
06:43 GMT |
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Astronomers working in South America were recently able to capture a new set of images of a bright spiral galaxy, located relatively close in astronomical terms. The object appears crystal-clear in the new view, which is one of the most beautiful produced by this telescope.The observations were conducted by experts a... |
2 February 2011
08:48 GMT |
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The central region of our galaxy is most definitely inhabited by a black hole, says a team of researchers that analyzed the orbits of stars at the core of our galaxy, as they were spinning around its very center. In-depth analysis of the stellar trajectories revealed that they must all be influenced by a single gravi... |
1 February 2011
06:30 GMT |
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Astronomers are currently in the process of refining their original predictions about the fate of the Andromeda-Milky Way galactic system. They say that it could be possible the two objects will not hit each other after all. The earliest predictions about a potential collision were based on the fact that our neighbor... |
31 January 2011
05:26 GMT |
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Recent scientific observations of a known galaxy clusters have imaged a massive shock wave structure, that is apparently a lot more massive than our entire galaxy. Data from several telescopes were stitched together to form the new view. The false-color composite image thus obtained portrays the Stephan's Quinte... |
26 January 2011
04:17 GMT |
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Astronomers find it very funny that the two most important forces dominating the way a galaxy looks like, behaves and travels through space cannot be detected. Though not “in league” with each other, both dark matter and black holes exert their influences through the pull of gravity.Dark matter is believe... |
21 January 2011
11:19 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new astronomical investigation, it would appear that some of the oldest, most ancient stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way, may be immigrants. They may have arrived here from other galaxies, through a variety of means, experts say. They say that not all ancient stars detected by astron... |
21 January 2011
06:49 GMT |
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Astronomers operating the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope announce the discovery of a suspected dwarf galaxy in orbit around the Milky Way. The object cannot be readily made out in visible wavelengths, due to the fact that its light is obscured by our galaxy's.In fact, it is estimated that the Milky Way is responsi... |
20 January 2011
17:01 GMT |
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According to astronomers at the University of California in Berkeley (UCB), Galaxy X, a cosmic formation hypothesized to orbit the Milky Way, could be found very soon. A researcher at the university has developed a new mathematical technique that could facilitate that finding.The method focuses on analyzing the rippl... |
14 January 2011
14:01 GMT |
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According to a recent announcement made by astronomers, it would appear that dust particles inside interstellar clouds can spin faster than ten billion times each second. In the attached photo, the red regions are microwave emissions believed to originate from such fast-spinning particles. The phenomenon has thus far... |
14 January 2011
11:00 GMT |
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Astronomer say that the supernova closest to our planet is called SN 1987A. They say that the precursor star in which the event originated blew up millennia ago, and add that the object is located very close in astronomical terms, in a neighboring galaxy.
As its name implies, SN 1987A was first seen in 1987, the ... |
14 January 2011
02:27 GMT |
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Some of the most massive galaxies in the Universe, the Milky Way included, grew to their incredible sizes and masses by consuming, or cannibalizing, smaller galaxies that were unfortunate enough to be in their path. A study now shows this process in more detail, and in different places. Dwarf galaxies, which are smal... |
13 January 2011
11:13 GMT |
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Experts with the European Space Agency (ESA) produced one of the most interesting images of our neighboring galaxy, Andromeda, ever taken. Two space telescopes, the Herschel Space Observatory and the XMM Newton, were used to piece together this amazing view. Herschel, which launched in 2009 aboard the same Ariane 5 h... |
5 January 2011
10:00 GMT |
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Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) announce that they managed to snap one of the most interesting images of the Lagoon Nebula to date, as part of a larger survey that seeks to monitor our galaxy for the next five years. For the work, the researchers are using the Paranal Observatory's VISTA (... |
5 January 2011
09:28 GMT |
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A group of astronomers using some of the most advanced telescopes in the world were recently able to discover a cosmic structure that has about the same size as our massive galaxy, the Milky Way, without being a galaxy or a cluster. Scientists say that the formation is made up of gas jets and other emissions coming i... |
3 January 2011
09:03 GMT |
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Astronomers recently came to an agreement that Eta Carinae, one of the largest stars in the known Universe, might explode without forewarning at any time. This is important news for us because the object is just some 7,500 light-years away from Earth, practically in our backyard.In all fairness, the massive star may ... |
29 December 2010
05:28 GMT |
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Astronomers report the discovery of a new, peculiar phenomenon going on inside the Milky Way. Our galaxy is apparently being visited by a Black Widow pulsar, a rapidly-moving neutron star that is traveling at a speed of almost one million kilometers per hour. Due to this amazing speed, the object is creating ripples ... |
29 December 2010
04:15 GMT |
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A new study proposes an interesting explanation for the regular variations that the biodiversity on our planet exhibits almost like clockwork. Experts now believe that the wobbling path our solar system takes as it's traveling through the Milky Way may have something to do with this. One such extinction event ta... |
23 December 2010
04:06 GMT |
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