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Universe chaotic from very beginning
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09/09/2010 02:00 AM
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Seven years ago Northwestern University physicist Adilson E. Motter conjectured that the expansion of the universe at the time of the big bang was highly chaotic. Now he and a colleague have proven it using rigorous mathematical arguments. (2010-09-08)
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Extreme X-ray source supports new class of black hole
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09/09/2010 02:00 AM
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A group of international astronomers in the UK, France and the USA, led by the University of Leicester, have found proof to confirm the distance and brightness of the most extreme ultra-luminous X-ray source, which may herald a new type of Black Hole. (2010-09-08)
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With new technique, UF astronomers find potassium in giant planet's atmosphere
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09/09/2010 02:00 AM
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Any driver who's seen deer silhouetted by the headlights of an oncoming car knows that vital information can be conveyed by the outlines of objects. (2010-09-01)
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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 02:00 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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Astronomers find two large planets, plus possible super-Earth-size one
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09/09/2010 02:00 AM
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A team of three University of Florida astronomers contributed to the Kepler spacecraft's discovery of two Saturn-sized planets, plus a possible third planet with a radius just one-and-a-half times that of Earth, orbiting a distant star. (2010-08-27)
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'Spintronics' breakthrough holds promise for next-generation computers
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09/09/2010 02:00 AM
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Using powerful lasers, Hui Zhao, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Kansas, and graduate student Lalani Werake have discovered a new way to recognize currents of spinning electrons within a semiconductor. (2010-08-25)
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See amazing new sun images from NJIT's Big Bear Solar Observatory
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09/09/2010 02:00 AM
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NJIT Distinguished Professor Philip R. Goode and the Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) team have achieved "first light" using a deformable mirror in what is called adaptive optics at Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO). (2010-08-25)
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Cosmic accelerators discovered in our galaxy by UCLA physicists, Japanese colleague
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09/09/2010 02:00 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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Decadal survey of astronomy and astrophysics
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09/09/2010 02:00 AM
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A new report by the National Research Council identifies the highest- priority research activities for astronomy and astrophysics in the next decade that will "set the nation firmly on the path to answering profound questions about the cosmos." (2010-08-16)
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Evidence of new solar activity from observations of aurora in New Zealand
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09/09/2010 02:00 AM
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Scientists from Boston University's Center for Space Physics (CSP) announced today that they have sub-visual evidence of the onset of a new cycle of solar-terrestrial activity. (2010-08-16)
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Citizen Scientists Discover Rotating Pulsar
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09/09/2010 02:00 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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From Stone Age to Space Age
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09/09/2010 02:00 AM
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The UNESCO World Heritage Committee, at its 34th session in BrasÃlia, Brazil, has, for the first time, endorsed a study in science heritage. The thematic study on the Heritage Sites of Astronomy and Archaeoastronomy, prepared within the framework of the International Year of Astronomy 2009, presents an overall vision of astronomical heritage and attempts to identify some of the most outstanding examples that are of significance to everyone. (2010-08-04)
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Quantum fractals at the border of magnetism
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09/09/2010 02:00 AM
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U.S., German and Austrian physicists studying the perplexing class of materials that includes high-temperature superconductors are reporting this week the unexpected discovery of a simple "scaling" behavior in the electronic excitations measured in a related material. (2010-07-29)
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Caltech astronomer finds planets in unusually intimate dance around dying star
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09/09/2010 02:00 AM
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Hundreds of extrasolar planets have been found over the past decade and a half, most of them solitary worlds orbiting their parent star in seeming isolation. (2010-07-28)
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