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'Time Bombs' Are Scattered Throughout the Galaxy

Astronomers have just discovered that the Milky Way may be laden with ticking time bombs, old stars that are only kept going by the fact that they spin at high speeds. Once they drop below a certain threshold, there is a significant risk that they could blow up, causing massive destruction all around.Not all stars po...

7 September 2011
05:59 GMT

Spiral Galaxies Might Evolve into Elliptical Ones Naturally

A theory related to how galaxies evolve over the course of their lifespan in currently gaining increased support from the international astronomical community. Its premises challenge those of the most commonly-accepted theories of what evolutionary path spiral galaxies take. One of the most “traditional” ...

27 December 2010
04:29 GMT

First 3D Image of a Magnetic Field

Magnetic fields are routinely used in medical and scientific investigations to make observations of internal structures. For the first time researchers were able to create a three-dimensional of a magnetic field inside a solid, non-transparent structure through a technique using neutron polarization. The study was co...

31 March 2008
02:54 GMT

Young Star Spirals Material Outwards

The newly discovered pre-main sequence young star HH211, located in the Perseus constellation at a distance of about 1,000 light years from Earth, represents the first solid evidence that stars dispose of angular momentum not only by emitting large gas jets from its poles and shedding part of its upper layers, but a...

28 December 2007
03:15 GMT


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