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Science Scanner: Stars Younger than Thought, E-Cigarettes Not Really a...
A visualization of the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background, or CMB, as detected by ESA’s Planck satellite over the entire sky. ((C) ESA and the Planck Collaboration) Stars Are Younger than...
View ArticleUltra-Dark Galaxies; Exoplanet With Comet-Like Tail; New Dinosaur Species
Astronomers Find Huge Treasure Trove of Ultra-Dark Galaxies U.S. and Japanese researchers have discovered 854 “ultra dark galaxies” located within the Coma Cluster, about 321 million light years from...
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Astronomers Find Massive Star Making Galaxy Cluster
SpARCS1049+56 is a massive cluster of galaxies that creates hundreds of new stars each year. It’s pictured here in this multi-wavelength view from NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes....
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India OK’s New Observatory; Japan’s X-Ray Telescope; Long-Lasting Eclipse...
Aerial view of LIGO Observatory in Hanford, Washington (LIGO Laboratory) LIGO Scientific Collaboration to Build New Observatory in India Just days (2/11/16) after announcing the first detection of...
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Our Expanding Universe; LISA Pathfinder is a Success; Drugs in Waterways
A simulated view of the entire observable universe, approximately 93 billion light years or 28 billion parsecs in diameter. (Azcolvin429 via Creative Commons) How Fast is the Universe Expanding? The...
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They’re Sure It Exists, But Scientists Still Unable to Detect Dark Matter
Artist impression of the Milky Way. The blue halo of material surrounding the galaxy indicates the expected distribution of the mysterious dark matter. (ESO/L. Calçada) Back in 1933, Caltech astronomer...
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Dark Matter Galaxy; Making Bland Tasty; Ouchless Insulin
The dark galaxy Dragonfly 44. The image on the left is a wide view of the galaxy and a close-up on the right. The massive galaxy consists almost entirely of Dark Matter. (Pieter Van Dokkum, Roberto...
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Insight Into Planetary Evolution – Dark Matter Rare in Old Galaxies
Simulated image of the HD 106906 stellar debris disk, showing a ring of rocky planet-forming material. (Erika Nesvold/Carnegie Institution for Science) Scientists Gain New Insight into Planetary...
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Researchers Doubt the Existence of Dark Energy
Timeline of the Universe. (NASA/WMAP Science Team) According to NASA, the universe is composed of three things. About 4.6% of it is normal (visible) matter, 24% is dark matter and the remaining 71.4%...
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Dark Matter Imaged; Shoe-String Theory; Metal in Mars Atmosphere
Dark matter filaments bridge the space between galaxies in this false color map. The bright galaxies are shown in white and the presence of a dark matter filament bridging is shown in red. (S. Epps...
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