Astronomy News
New measure brings galactic neighbour closer
SIZE OF THE UNIVERSE: Scientists have made the most accurate measurements yet of the distance to a neighbouring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).
Wed 6 Mar 13 from ABC Science
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Hubble finds birth certificate of oldest known star
(Phys.org) A team of astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken an important step closer to finding the birth certificate of a star that's been around for a very long time.
10 hours ago from Phys.org
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Curtains down for the black hole firewall paradox: Making gravity safe for Einstein again
Research by scientists at the University of York has revealed new insights into the life and death of black holes.
Wed 6 Mar 13 from Phys.org
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George Lucas confirms 'final stages of negotiation' with original 'Star Wars' actors
Last October, George Lucas sold his production company Lucasfilm to Disney — and along with it, every piece of the Star Wars saga. Bloomberg Businessweek has a compelling ...
4 hours ago from The Verge
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Pan-STARRS finds a 'lost' supernova
(Phys.org) The star Eta Carinae is ready to blow. 170 years ago, this 100-solar-mass object belched out several suns' worth of gas in an eruption that made it the second-brightest star after ...
8 hours ago from Phys.org
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New evidence that comets could have seeded life on Earth
(Phys.org) It's among the most ancient of questions: What are the origins of life on Earth? A new experiment simulating conditions in deep space reveals that the complex building blocks of ...
Tue 5 Mar 13 from Phys.org
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Comet Pan-STARRS holds promise for stargazers
A rare bright comet shows up in the northern hemisphere this week, cruising past Earth with promise of spectacular naked-eye viewings of the giant ball of ice and dust streaking the twilight ...
Wed 6 Mar 13 from Phys.org
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47 Tucanae: Probing extreme matter through observations of neutron stars
(Phys.org) Neutron stars, the ultra-dense cores left behind after massive stars collapse, contain the densest matter known in the Universe outside of a black hole. New results from Chandra ...
Wed 6 Mar 13 from Phys.org
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Modeling Jupiter and Saturn's possible origins
New theoretical modeling by Carnegie's Alan Boss provides clues to how the gas giant planets in our solar systemJupiter and Saturnmight have formed and evolved. His work was published recently ...
Tue 5 Mar 13 from Phys.org
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Galaxy Tab 3 Plus LTE Appears On Bluetooth SIG
At the recently concluded Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona, Spain, there was a fair amount of expectation among those who dropped by to look forward to a slew of new tablets, but ...
22 hours ago from Ubergizmo
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