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| Biggest black holes may grow
inside 'quasistars' |
Nov 30, 2007 |
| Milky Way galaxy may have hidden
twin |
Nov 30, 2007 |
| Faint galaxies spotted in the
early universe |
Nov 29, 2007 |
| Venus offers Earth climate clues |
Nov 29, 2007 |
| NASA outlines manned Mars vision |
Nov 28, 2007 |
| Voyager 2 to reach major milestone
in space |
Nov 28, 2007 |
| Star cluster's extreme speed
puzzles astronomers |
Nov 27, 2007 |
| Mars rover Spirit gets stuck
as winter approaches |
Nov 27, 2007 |
| Astronomers discover stars with
carbon atmospheres |
Nov 26, 2007 |
| Russia to build new cosmodrome
on home soil |
Nov 24, 2007 |
| Giant 'IceCube'
could take snaps of Earth’s core |
Nov 23, 2007 |
| Moons like
Earth's are few and far between |
Nov 21, 2007 |
| Chinese lunar
orbiter to begin observations |
Nov 20, 2007 |
| Planets forming
in Pleiades star cluster |
Nov 20, 2007 |
| Sun may be
smaller than thought |
Nov 19, 2007 |
| Deflected
asteroids may keep coming back |
Nov 18, 2007 |
| Is Comet Holmes
bigger than the Sun? |
Nov 16, 2007 |
| Multi-star
pile-up caused brightest supernova |
Nov 14, 2007 |
| New evidence
for extragalactic life-forming matter |
Nov 14, 2007 |
| Antique fridge
could keep Venus rover cool |
Nov 12, 2007 |
| Outing for
giant military rocket |
Nov 11, 2007 |
| Life could
survive longer on a super-Earth |
Nov 11, 2007 |
| NASA blasted
for ignoring smaller asteroids |
Nov 11, 2007 |
| Mars's tiny
moons – one small step for mankind? |
Nov 9, 2007 |
| Clue to cosmic
rays discovered |
Nov 8, 2007 |
| Mars rover
Spirit to head north for the winter |
Nov 8, 2007 |
| Discovery
shuttle returns safely |
Nov 7, 2007 |
| Largest extrasolar
planetary system discovered |
Nov 7, 2007 |
| A new Earth? |
Nov 6, 2007 |
| Chinese probe
begins Moon orbit |
Nov 5, 2007 |
| Ancient sea
mud records supernova blast |
Nov 4, 2007 |
| Astronaut
fixes torn solar panel |
Nov 3, 2007 |
| Earth-like
planets get life assessment |
Nov 3, 2007 |
| Prime landing
sites chosen for biggest Martian rover |
Nov 3, 2007 |
| Vast amount
of water ice may lie on Martian equator |
Nov 2, 2007 |
| Giant telescope's
double vision |
Nov 1, 2007 |
| Reaching for
the stars and planets |
Nov 1, 2007 |
Biggest black holes may grow inside 'quasistars'
(Nov 30, 2007)
The biggest black holes
in the universe might have grown within the bellies of giant stars,
a new study suggests. If these hole-bearing "quasistars" exist, then
they might be bright enough to see from across the universe. Quasistars
are one attempt to explain the existence of supermassive
black holes, which astronomers have detected at the hearts of
most large galaxies, and whose origin is still unknown.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
Milky Way galaxy may have hidden twin
(Nov 30, 2007)
A large galaxy could be lurking unseen in our own cosmic backyard,
a pair of researchers says. Such a massive object could explain a
mysterious gravitational pull on the Milky
Way. When the influence of all known galaxies and galaxy clusters
is added up, the Milky Way's actual motion is off by about 20°.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
Faint galaxies spotted in the early universe
(Nov 29, 2007)
Tiny galaxies that may be the first building blocks of galaxies like
the Milky Way have turned up in an extremely long exposure of the
early universe, reveal new observations by one of the world's largest
telescopes. Because light takes time to travel to us, we see the most
distant objects as they were billions of years ago, when the universe
was just a small fraction of its present age of 13.7 billion years.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
Venus offers Earth climate clues
(Nov 29, 2007)
Observations of the planet Venus
might assist efforts to tackle the threat of climate change here on
Earth. Data from a European probe orbiting Venus (Venus
Express) paints a picture of a planet that may once have been
like Earth, but later evolved in a very different way. Venus has undergone
runaway greenhouse warming, where trapped solar radiation has heated
the surface to an average temperature of 467C (872F).
Read
more. Source: BBC |
NASA outlines manned Mars vision
(Nov 28, 2007)
NASA has released details of its strategy for sending a human crew
to Mars within the next
few decades. The US space agency envisages despatching a "minimal"
crew on a 30-month round trip to the Red Planet in a 400,000kg (880,000lb)
spacecraft. Details of the concept were outlined at a meeting in Houston,
Texas.
Read
more. Source: BBC |
Voyager 2 to reach major milestone in
space
(Nov 28, 2007)
Using a computer model simulation, Haruichi Washimi, a physicist at
UC Riverside, has predicted when the interplanetary spacecraft Voyager
2 will cross the termination
shock, the spherical shell around the solar system that marks
where the solar wind slows down to subsonic speed. According to Washimi’s
simulations, the spacecraft is set to cross the termination shock
in late 2007-early 2008.
Read
more. Source: University of California, Riverside |
Star cluster's extreme speed puzzles astronomers
(Nov 27, 2007)
A ragged company of stars is rushing through the chaotic core of our
galaxy, travelling faster than can easily be explained. The new measurement
of its path, made with the 10-meter Keck telescope, also deepens a
mystery surrounding the Milky Way's central black hole. The Arches
cluster is a group of young stars only about 100 light years from
the very center of the galaxy.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
Mars rover Spirit gets stuck as winter
approaches
(Nov 27, 2007)
NASA's Mars
rover Spirit is stuck in what appears to be loose soil, but engineers
hope to free it quickly so it can reach a safe spot to ride out the
approaching winter. For the past two weeks, Spirit has been heading
to the northern end of a 90-metre-wide raised plateau called Home
Plate.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
Astronomers discover stars with carbon
atmospheres
(Nov 26, 2007)
Astronomers have discovered white
dwarf stars with pure carbon atmospheres. These stars possibly
evolved in a sequence astronomers didn't know before. They may have
evolved from stars that are not quite massive enough to explode as
supernovae but are
just on the borderline.
Read
more. Source: University of Arizona |
Russia to build new cosmodrome on home
soil
(Nov 24, 2007)
Russia will build a new cosmodrome on its own territory capable of
handling human spaceflight, Russian media reports. President Vladimir
Putin has signed a decree that clears the way for the construction
of the new cosmodrome which will begin hosting launches in 2015. Russia
has relied on the Baikonur
Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for its manned space missions, ever since
Yuri Gagarin became
the first human to go into space in 1961.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
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