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Citizen Scientists Discover Rotating Pulsar
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09/09/2010 01:32 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 01:32 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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NASA's Swift Catches 500th Gamma-ray Burst
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09/09/2010 01:32 AM
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In its first five years in orbit, NASA's Swift satellite has given astronomers more than they could have hoped for. Its discoveries range from a nearby nascent supernova to a blast so far away that it happened when our universe was only 5 percent of its present age. (2010-04-20)
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Cosmic rays hunted down
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09/09/2010 01:32 AM
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A thin rain of charged particles continually bombards our atmosphere from outer space. The mysterious particles were first detected 100 years ago but until 10 years ago when a new type of telescope began to come online physicists weren't sure where the "cosmic rays" came from or how they were generated. (2009-12-08)
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Carbon atmosphere discovered on neutron star
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09/09/2010 01:32 AM
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Evidence for a thin veil of carbon has been found on the neutron star in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. This discovery, made with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, resolves a ten-year mystery surrounding this object. (2009-11-05)
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Fermi telescope caps its first year with a glimpse of space-time
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09/09/2010 01:32 AM
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During its first year of operations, NASA's Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope mapped the extreme sky with unprecedented resolution and sensitivity. (2009-10-29)
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Gamma-ray photon race ends in dead heat; Einstein wins this round
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09/09/2010 01:32 AM
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Racing across the universe for the last 7.3 billion years, two gamma-ray photons arrived at NASA's orbiting Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope within nine-tenths of a second of one another. (2009-10-29)
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XMM-Newton uncovers a celestial Rosetta stone
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09/09/2010 01:32 AM
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ESA's XMM-Newton orbiting X-ray telescope has uncovered a celestial Rosetta stone: the first close-up of a white dwarf star, circling a companion star, that could explode into a particular kind of supernova in a few million years. (2009-09-04)
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Keck Study Sheds New Light on 'Dark' Gamma-ray Bursts
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09/09/2010 01:32 AM
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Gamma-ray bursts are the universe's biggest explosions, capable of producing so much light that ground-based telescopes easily detect it billions of light-years away. (2009-06-09)
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Rare radio supernova in nearby galaxy is nearest supernova in five years
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09/09/2010 01:32 AM
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The chance discovery last month of a rare radio supernova - an exploding star seen only at radio wavelengths and undetected by optical or X-ray telescopes - underscores the promise of new, more sensitive radio surveys to find supernovas hidden by gas and dust. (2009-05-28)
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Astronomers catch a star being revved-up
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09/09/2010 01:32 AM
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Researchers have witnessed a star being transformed into an object that spins at almost 600 times a second using telescopes in the USA and the Netherlands, and CSIRO's Parkes telescope in Australia. (2009-05-22)
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Star crust 10 billion times stronger than steel, IU physicist finds
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09/09/2010 01:32 AM
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Research by a theoretical physicist at Indiana University shows that the crusts of neutron stars are 10 billion times stronger than steel or any other of the earth's strongest metal alloys. (2009-05-07)
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A young pulsar shows its hand
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09/09/2010 01:32 AM
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A small, dense object only twelve miles in diameter is responsible for this beautiful X-ray nebula that spans 150 light years. (2009-04-06)
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NASA's Fermi Telescope Reveals Best-Ever View of Gamma-Ray Sky
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09/09/2010 01:32 AM
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A new map combining nearly three months of data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is giving astronomers an unprecedented look at the high-energy cosmos. To Fermi's eyes, the universe is ablaze with gamma rays from sources ranging from within the solar system to galaxies billions of light-years away. (2009-03-12)
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