Astrophysics

Record-Setting Megatelescope Inspires International Rivalry

Reuters | Posted 05.24.2012

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(Reuters) - A decision on where to site the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope, either South Africa or Australia and New Zealand, could be m...

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'Shocking' Study Challenges Long-Held Belief About Sun

Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Astrosphere, Video, Astrophysics, Astronomy, Space, Heliosphere, Sun Slow, Cosmic Rays, Sun, Sun Fast, Sun Speed, Bow Shock, Science News

By: Charles Q. Choi Published: 05/10/2012 02:36 PM EDT on SPACE.com The sun is zipping through interstellar space more slowly than once thought,...

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Far-Off Galaxies Show 'Battle' Between Black Holes, Baby Stars

Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Black Hole, Stars, Video, Astrophysics, Milky Way, Black Hole Energy, Space Science, Science, Science News, Galaxy, Star Formation, Science News

By: Charles Q. Choi Published: 05/09/2012 01:12 PM EDT on SPACE.com The intense energy and winds from gigantic black holes can block the birth of ...

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Human Bodies Are Pelted By Mysterious Particles, Research Suggests

Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Video, Astrophysics, Dark Matter Particles, Particle Collision, Human Body, Physics, Particles, Particle Physics, Dark Matter, Universe, Science News

By: Charles Q. Choi Published: 04/27/2012 03:59 PM EDT on SPACE.com Invisible dark matter particles may regularly pass through our bodies, and d...

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Cosmic Mystery Deepens As 'Dark Matter' Study Yields Big Surprise

Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Planetary Science, Does Dark Matter Exist, Cosmology, Astrophysics, Astronomy, Dark Matter Sun, Space, Physics, Sun, Dark Matter Study, Dark Matter, Dark Matter Research, Universe, Video, Science News

By: Charles Q. Choi Published: 04/19/2012 10:00 AM EDT on SPACE.com A new study has found no trace of the mysterious substance known as dark matte...

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PHOTOS: Most Powerful Telescope Ever Remains In Limbo

Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Square Kilometre Array, Video, Astrophysics, Ska Telescope, Astronomy, Square Kilometer Array, Space, Super Telescope, Telescope Array, Large Hadron Collider, Slidewide, Very Large Array, Science News

It will be 50 times more powerful than any radio telescope now in existence, with 20 countries pitching in to support its massive $2-billion price tag...

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Incredible Jewel-Like Galaxy Discovered By Astronomers

| Sid Perkins | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Emerald-Cut, Stars, Emerald, Star, Video, Astrophysics, Astronomy, Galaxies, Milky Way, Space, Rectangular Galaxy, Slidepollajax, Outer Space, Galaxy, Science News

The vast majority of galaxies are either flattened, disklike spirals like our own Milky Way, ellipsoidal rugby ball-shaped blobs, or irregular clumps ...

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LISTEN: Solar Storm 'Sounds' Other-Worldly In New Video

Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Solar Wind, Solar Storm, Video, Nasa, Astrophysics, Sonification, Solar Flare, Soho, Sun Sonification, Coronal Mass Ejection, Sound, Science News

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 03/20/2012 02:03 PM EDT on SPACE.com A new video captures the frenzied sounds of a sun storm, based on data recorde...

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WATCH: Neil deGrasse Tyson Talks Origins, Aliens, And Multiple Dimensions

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Video, Astrophysics, Astronomy, Talk Nerdy to Me, Space, Intelligent Life, Physics, Aliens, Cara Santa Maria, Cosmos, Universe, Neil Degrasse Tyson, Multiple Dimensions, Science News

From intelligent alien life to our stellar origins, how to think outside of the three-dimensional box to what baffles one of the great thinkers of our time, this was a conversation I won't soon forget.

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LOOK: Vast Star Cluster Shines In High-Res Hubble Telescope Image

Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Globular Cluster, Stars, Nasa, Astrophysics, Messier 9, Astronomy, Messier Object, Star Cluster, Astronomy Pictures, Nasa Pictures, Galaxy, Video, Science News

By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 03/16/2012 12:26 PM EDT on SPACE.com Hundreds of thousands of glittering stars shine in a cluster at the center of ...

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WATCH: Solar Flare Looks Like UFO Refueling From Sun

Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Solar Flare, Solar Storm, Sun Storm, Ufo, Nasa, Video, Astrophysics, Astronomy, Coronal Mass Ejection, Science News

By: Natalie Wolchover Published: 03/13/2012 05:28 PM EDT on Lifes Little Mysteries Telescope images captured of the sun on Monday (March 12) show ...

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WATCH: 'Armageddon' Nuke Plan Eyed For Saving Earth From Asteroid

Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Los Alamos, Planetary Science, Nuke, Blow Up an Asteroid, Astrophysics, Armageddon, Atom Bomb, Destroy Asteroid, Atomic Bomb, Nuclear Bomb, Asteroid, Video, Science News

By: Mike Wall Published: 03/12/2012 11:33 AM EDT on SPACE.com A well-placed nuclear explosion could actually save humanity from a big asteroid h...

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TALK NERDY TO ME: Our Favorite Astrophysicist Geeks Out

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 04.28.2012

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Milky Way Awash In Starless 'Rogue' Planets, Study Suggests

Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Homeless Planet, Planetary Science, Video, Astrophysics, Astronomy, Milky Way, Orbit, Planets Stars, Planet, Nomad Planet, Galaxy, Science News

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 02/24/2012 11:44 AM EST on SPACE.com Our Milky Way galaxy may be teeming with rogue planets that ramble through s...

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Unusual Alien Super-Earth May Be First 'Waterworld'

Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Exoplanet, Waterworld, Planetary Science, Video, Planets, Astrophysics, Hubble Telescope, Astronomy, Space, GJ 1214b, Science News

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 02/21/2012 11:33 AM EST on SPACE.com Scientists have discovered a new type of alien planet — a steamy waterworl...

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I'm With Stupid: The Bizarro Mirror at the Center of the Universe

Todd Hartley | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Chile, Astrophysics, Hubble Telescope, Astronomy, Weird Science, Space, Telescopes, Higgs Boson, Large Hadron Collider, Mirrors, Comedy, Comedy News

Based on my routinely exhibited ability to make grandiose statements that can't be proven wrong but for which I nevertheless have no proof, I've always thought I would make an excellent astrophysicist.

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Solar Storm Helps Solve 'Killer Electrons' Mystery

The Huffington Post | Travis Korte | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Magnetic Field, Solar Wind, Solar Storm, Electrons, Electrons Space, Astrophysics, Killer Electrons, Astronomy, Iss, Magnetosphere, Solar Flare, Van Allen Belt, Video, Science News

Solar storms like the massive one that's currently hitting Earth don't just give us great aurora imagery. UCLA researchers have published a paper in N...

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Saturn on Steroids: Ringed Alien World Glimpsed Outside Solar System

| Charles Q. Choi | Posted 01.13.2012

Read More: Exoplanet, Video, Astrophysics, Astronomy, Saturn, Ringed Planet, Solar System, Planet, Scorpius-Centaurus, Science News

AUSTIN, Texas – An enigmatic object detected five years ago in space may be a ringed alien world comparable to Saturn, the first such world discove...

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PHOTO: Dark Matter Map Is Largest Ever

| Clara Moskowitz | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Outer Space Map, Astrophysics, Astronomy, Space, Physics, Outer Space Picture, Dark Matter, Science News

This story was updated at 11:47 a.m. ET.AUSTIN, Texas — The hidden side of the universe is now a bit more illuminated thanks to the largest map ...

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'Woody Allen Of Cosmology' Explains Origin Of Universe

AP | By ANN LEVIN | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Lawrence Krauss, Cosmology, Astrophysics, Physics, Woody Allen of Cosmology, Lawrence Krauss Book, The Physics of Star Trek, Richard Dawkins, A Universe From Nothing, Science News

-- "A Universe From Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing" (Free Press), by Lawrence M. Krauss: In fall 2009, the theoretical physicist...

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Slouching To The Right Of The Drake Equation

Athena Andreadis, Ph.D. | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Habitable Zone, Astrophysics, Second-Life-Sample, Astrobiology, Kepler 22b, Earth-Like Planets, Exoplanets, Planetary Systems, Extraterrestrial Life, NASA Kepler, Technology News

The last few years have been heady for planet hunters. First the hot Jupiters; then the will-o'-the-wisp Glieslings and their cousins; and the results from the Kepler mission, one of which is Kepler-22b.

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WATCH: Happy Birthday Carl Sagan

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 01.09.2012

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You were a great man. Your work continues to inspire a whole new generation of thinkers. You are missed. Happy birthday, Dr. Carl Sagan.

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Life at the SETI Institute: Dr. Gerry Harp -- Deciphering Celestial Signals in a New Way

SETI Institute | Posted 12.27.2011

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By Dr. Gerry Harp, Senior Astrophysicist, Center for SETI Research, SETI Institute, and Gail Jacobs Trained as a quantum mechanic, Dr. Gerry Harp was...

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Life at the SETI Institute: Rachel Mastrapa - Paving the Way for Astronomical Discoveries

SETI Institute | Posted 10.29.2011

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By Dr. Rachel Mastrapa; Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe, SETI Institute, and Gail Jacobs Rachel Mastrapa studies the surface ...

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Martin Rees, British Astrophysicist, Wins Templeton Prize

Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Templeton Foundation, Astrophysics, Multiverse, Templeton Prize, Religion and Science, John Templeton Foundation, Martin Rees Templeton, Astrophysicist Martin Rees, Religion Science, Theoretical Astrophysics, Martin J. Rees, Religion News

By Chris Herlinger Religion News Service (RNS) A British theoretical astrophysicist who has achieved renown for his study of the cosmos and for sound...

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