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Simulations solve a 20-year-old riddle about why nebulae around masssive stars don't disappear
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09/09/2010 01:52 AM
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The birth of the most massive stars-those ten to a hundred times the mass of the Sun-has posed an astrophysical riddle for decades. (2010-03-17)
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Watching a Cannibal Galaxy Dine
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09/09/2010 01:52 AM
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A new technique using near-infrared images, obtained with ESO's 3.58-metre New Technology Telescope (NTT), allows astronomers to see through the opaque dust lanes of the giant cannibal galaxy Centaurus A, unveiling its "last meal" in unprecedented detail - a smaller spiral galaxy, currently twisted and warped. (2009-11-23)
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Physicist makes new high-res panorama of Milky Way
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09/09/2010 01:52 AM
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Cobbling together 3000 individual photographs, a physicist has made a new high-resolution panoramic image of the full night sky, with the Milky Way galaxy as its centerpiece. (2009-10-29)
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The Milky Way's tiny but tough galactic neighbor
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09/09/2010 01:52 AM
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In the new ESO image, Barnard's Galaxy glows beneath a sea of foreground stars in the direction of the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer). (2009-10-14)
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Fermi Large Area Telescope reveals pulsing gamma-ray sources
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09/09/2010 01:52 AM
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Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Space Science Division and a team of international researchers have positively identified cosmic sources of gamma-ray emissions through the discovery of 16 pulsating neutron stars. (2009-09-10)
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MU Scientist Discovers 'Firework' Display in Helix Nebula
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09/09/2010 01:52 AM
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A star does not die without getting noticed and may even leave the universe with "fireworks." At the end of its life cycle, a star begins to collapse in the middle and throws new material into space. (2009-07-21)
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Birth of a star predicted
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09/09/2010 01:52 AM
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The astrophysicist João Alves, director of the Calar Alto Observatory in Almeria, and his colleague Andreas Bürkert, from the German observatory in the University of Munich, believe that "the inevitable future of the starless cloud Barnard 68" is to collapse and give rise to a new star, according to an article which has been published recently in The Astrophysical Journal. (2009-06-10)
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Giant Galaxy Messier 87 finally sized up
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09/09/2010 01:52 AM
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Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have succeeded in measuring the size of giant galaxy Messier 87 and were surprised to find that its outer parts have been stripped away by still unknown effects. (2009-05-21)
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Into the Eye of the Helix
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09/09/2010 01:52 AM
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The Helix Nebula, NGC 7293, lies about 700 light-years away in the constellation of Aquarius (the Water Bearer). (2009-02-25)
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Hubble captures outstanding views of mammoth stars
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09/09/2010 01:52 AM
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Two of our Galaxy's most massive stars have been scrutinised in an impressive view by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. They have, until recently, been shrouded in mystery, but the new image shows them in greater detail than ever before. (2008-11-26)
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Next-generation adaptive optics produces sharper Jupiter images
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09/09/2010 01:52 AM
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A two-hour observation of Jupiter using an improved technique to remove atmospheric blur has produced the sharpest whole-planet picture ever taken from the ground, according to astronomers from the University of California, Berkeley, and the European Southern Observatory (ESO). (2008-10-03)
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Finally, the 'Planet' in Planetary Nebulae?
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09/09/2010 01:52 AM
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Astronomers at the University of Rochester, home to one of the world's largest groups of planetary nebulae specialists, have announced that low-mass stars and possibly even super-Jupiter-sized planets may be responsible for creating some of the most breathtaking objects in the sky. (2008-03-11)
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Galaxy may hold hundreds of rogue black holes
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09/09/2010 01:52 AM
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If the latest simulation of what happens when black holes merge is correct, there could be hundreds of rogue black holes, each weighing several thousand times the mass of the sun, roaming around the Milky Way galaxy. (2008-01-10)
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NASA announces details of Hubble servicing mission
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09/09/2010 01:52 AM
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NASA scientists and a space shuttle astronaut today outlined details of a challenging mission that will repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope in 2008. (2008-01-09)
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