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Theoretical Warp Drive a Practical Disaster

March 19, 2012, 11:08 pm

New research suggests that traveling faster than light-speed through space could annihilate your destination.

Baby Stars Could Create Popular Orbits

March 19, 2012, 10:00 am

As solar systems develop around young stars, exoplanet “pileups” and “deserts” may result from the generation of specific orbits.

Hubble Zooms In on Messier 9

March 16, 2012, 6:00 am

The globular star cluster, Messier 9 or NGC 6333, has been snapped in superlative detail by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Adolescent Galaxies Grew Through Cannibalism

March 14, 2012, 7:00 am

Growing galaxies switched from guzzling gas to consuming smaller galaxies about 3 to 5 billion years after the alleged big bang, according to new data.

Zero Gravity Can Cause Brain Abnormalities in Astronauts

March 13, 2012, 12:00 am

Spending long amounts of time in space may affect your vision and other parts of your brain, according to new research from the United States.

Swarming Galaxies Viewed in Constellation of Hercules

March 7, 2012, 6:00 am

The vibrant interactions between hundreds of galaxies in the Hercules galaxy cluster have been imaged by the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) VLT Survey Telescope (VST).

Planetshine Can Help Find Extraterrestrial Life

February 29, 2012, 1:21 pm

A new method for finding life on other planets has been developed by measuring the reflection of Earth’s light onto our moon.

Pulsars Put Einstein’s Theory of Relativity to the Test

February 19, 2012, 4:05 pm

Astronomers are using pulsars to test Einstein’s theory of relativity.

Fermi Reveals Gamma-Ray Bursts in Detail

February 18, 2012, 8:11 pm

The Fermi Gamma-ray Telescope’s extremely accurate measurements have increased our theoretical understanding of GRBs.

APEX Views Dark Birthplace of Stars in Taurus

February 15, 2012, 6:09 am

The European Space Observatory’s (ESO) Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope has captured images of part of the Taurus Molecular Cloud that is obscuring infant stars.


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