• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 21st, 2012
Dark Energy Camera to Be Installed at Cerro Tololo

Dark Energy Camera to Be Installed at Cerro Tololo

The instrument is a state-of-the-art camera, dedicated to such studies

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 9th, 2012
GALEX Reaches End of Space Mission After 9 Years

GALEX Reaches End of Space Mission After 9 Years

The telescope has already been placed in stand-by mode

Neutrons May Be 'Leaking' into Other Universes

Neutrons May Be 'Leaking' into Other Universes

Physicists say that this is possible, at least in theory

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 11th, 2012
Largest, Oldest Cluster in the Universe Discovered

Largest, Oldest Cluster in the Universe Discovered

The Chandra space telescope provided the data that led to this discovery

ESA Dark Energy Mission Involves NASA Only Minimally

ESA Dark Energy Mission Involves NASA Only Minimally

The American space agency is heavily squeezed for cash

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 12th, 2011
Dark Energy May Be the Cosmological Constant

Dark Energy May Be the Cosmological Constant

The value was proposed to exist by Albert Einstein

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 26th, 2011
Assessing the Ultimate Fate of the Universe

Assessing the Ultimate Fate of the Universe

Astronomers are divided between endless voids and Big Crunches

Vastest Cosmic Structures Shouldn't Exist

Vastest Cosmic Structures Shouldn't Exist

Superclusters defy what the Universe should look like

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 5th, 2011
ESA Selects Euclid and Solar Orbiter as Next Missions

ESA Selects Euclid and Solar Orbiter as Next Missions

Both of these science flights will launch before 2020

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 3rd, 2011
Earliest Life May Have Emerged Shortly After Big Bang

Earliest Life May Have Emerged Shortly After Big Bang

Life's origins may have not been on our planet after all

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 28th, 2011
The Universe May Not Be Accelerating

The Universe May Not Be Accelerating

On the contrary, its expansion may be slowing down

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 20th, 2011
Understanding Dark Energy Brought One Step Closer

Understanding Dark Energy Brought One Step Closer

Astronomers study the most elusive force in the Universe

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • July 23rd, 2011
The 'Great Attractor' May Not Exist

The 'Great Attractor' May Not Exist

 
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