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Space telescope's new survey of outer galaxy helps Iowa State astronomers study stars
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09/09/2010 01:47 AM
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The Spitzer Space Telescope is now taking aim at the outer reaches of the Milky Way and helping two Iowa State University astronomers advance their star studies. (2010-08-31)
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Cosmic accelerators discovered in our galaxy by UCLA physicists, Japanese colleague
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09/09/2010 01:47 AM
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Physicists from UCLA and Japan have discovered evidence of "natural nuclear accelerators" at work in our Milky Way galaxy, based on an analysis of data from the world's largest cosmic ray detector. (2010-08-18)
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Citizen Scientists Discover Rotating Pulsar
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09/09/2010 01:47 AM
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Idle computers are the astronomers' playground: Three citizen scientists--an American couple and a German--have discovered a new radio pulsar hidden in data gathered by the Arecibo Observatory. (2010-08-13)
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Record-Breaking X-ray Blast Briefly Blinds Space Observatory
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09/09/2010 01:47 AM
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A blast of the brightest X-rays ever detected from beyond our Milky Way galaxy's neighborhood temporarily blinded the X-ray eye on NASA's Swift space observatory earlier this summer, astronomers now report. (2010-07-15)
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Newborn Stars Discovered in Dark Cosmic Cloud
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09/09/2010 01:47 AM
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A wave of massive star formation appears poised to begin within a mysterious, dark cloud in the Milky Way. (2010-07-08)
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'Galactic archaeologists' find origin of Milky Way's ancient stars
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09/09/2010 01:47 AM
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Many of the Milky Way's ancient stars are remnants of other smaller galaxies torn apart by violent galactic collisions around five billion years ago, according to researchers at Durham University. (2010-06-30)
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Astronomers Witness a Star Being Born
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09/09/2010 01:47 AM
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Astronomers have glimpsed what could be the youngest known star at the very moment it is being born. Not yet fully developed into a true star, the object is in the earliest stages of star formation and has just begun pulling in matter from a surrounding envelope of gas and dust, according to a new study that appears in the current issue of the Astrophysical Journal. (2010-06-18)
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Zooming in on an infant solar system
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09/09/2010 01:47 AM
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A team led by University of Arizona astronomer Joshua Eisner has observed in unprecedented detail the processes giving rise to stars and planets in nascent solar systems. (2010-06-14)
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Nearby black hole is feeble and unpredictable
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09/09/2010 01:47 AM
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For over 10 years, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has repeatedly observed the Andromeda Galaxy for a combined total of nearly one million seconds. This unique data set has given astronomers an unprecedented view of the nearest supermassive black hole outside our own Galaxy. (2010-05-26)
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Death of a star in 3 dimensions
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09/09/2010 01:47 AM
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Massive stars end their lives in gigantic explosions, so called supernovae, and can become - for a short time - brighter than a whole galaxy, which is made up of billions of stars. (2010-05-13)
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Ancient galaxy cluster contains 'modern' galaxies
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09/09/2010 01:47 AM
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A team of astronomers including Ivelina Momcheva of the Carnegie Observatories has discovered the most distant cluster of galaxies ever found. (2010-05-13)
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Black holes -- gas blowers of the Universe
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09/09/2010 01:47 AM
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Supermassive black holes with the mass of many millions of stars have been detected at the centre of many large galaxies. (2010-05-12)
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Texas A&M-led research finds ancient city of 'modern' galaxies
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09/09/2010 01:47 AM
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Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, a Texas A&M University-led team of astronomers has uncovered what may be the earliest, most distant cluster of galaxies ever detected. (2010-05-12)
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'Survivor' Black Holes May Be Mid-Sized
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09/09/2010 01:47 AM
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New evidence from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton strengthens the case that two mid-sized black holes exist close to the center of a nearby starburst galaxy. (2010-04-30)
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