"Explanation: These are galaxies of the Hercules Cluster, an archipelago of island universes a mere 500 million light-years away. Also known as Abell 2151, this cluster is loaded with gas and dust rich,...
Many years on, and many, many, many dollars spent, scientists still don't know what the mysterious 'dark matter' is. They claim that it is there and claim to have indirectly detected it, but its assumed properties...
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We'd like to think that astronomical science has it all "down pat," but the universe is steadfastly determined to keep throwing astronomers curve balls that undermine even their best theories. First, it was a...
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""We have taken a big step forward in solving the mystery of the nature and origin of the highest-energy cosmic rays, first revealed by the French physicist Pierre Auger in 1938," said the University of Chicago's...
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Another baby story--this afternoon I got to thinking about names (uh-oh, honey...I know I promised but I can't help it). So I started a lazy-ish Google search, and there's a news story about a new book with a...
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"Efforts to peer deep into the early universe are important to understanding its formation, but this requires the gathering of very faint infrared light--which is difficult because nearer, brighter objects overwhelm the signals of darker objects that are farther away. Now...
"Google has already planted its flag on Earth, the Moon and Mars. The universe could be next.
The Internet search company has struck a partnership with scientists building a huge sky-scanning telescope, with hopes of helping the public access digital footage of asteroids,...
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" WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A seemingly violent collision of two galaxies is in fact a fertile marriage that has birthed billions of new stars, and an image released on Tuesday gives astronomers their best view yet. The new image of the Antennae galaxies allows astronomers...
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" JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The newly discovered collision of two galaxies millions of years ago, which sparked rings of fire that are still expanding, may offer new clues on the origins of the universe, astronomers said on Wednesday. New images of the Andromeda Galaxy were...
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