Back in 1991, scientists were in for a big surprise after the launch of NASA's Compton Gamma Ray Telescope. Instead of just providing the expected data referring to high energy-emitting supernovae, black holes or the like, it detected gamma ray bursts incoming from the Earth as well. Further tests and missions c... |
24 November 2008
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Magnetars are a specific category of neutron stars that possess an unusually strong magnetic field. There aren’t many such celestial objects observed so far, although they could prove extremely interesting to scientists, since their powerful magnetism could have a strange impact on matter. Unfortunately, the mo... |
20 November 2008
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According to a Reuters article, a recent vast-scale simulation of the creation and evolution of a Milky Way-type of galaxy has indicated some potential places in space where scientists should search for dark matter. Although the existence of the matter that forms a huge part of the universe has been known for a long ... |
6 November 2008
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Some of you might say: well, you have just answered your own question, X-ray is a form of radiation. However, nothing is always as simple as it seems. Any type of elementary particle emission is called radiation, while X-ray is a type of electromagnetic radiation, meaning photon emission, namely light. Optical light ... |
12 February 2008
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Astronomers were shocked to find that a known galaxy cluster has recently started emitting high amounts of X-ray and gamma ray light. Originally, they thought that such emissions could originate in the massive amounts of inert gas lying in intergalactic space, however ESA's Integral X-ray observatory has proven... |
25 January 2008
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