Space
- DDO 68: A Galaxy Of Deception
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The nice thing about telescopes is that we can look back in time- light that is reaching us now may have originated a few hundred million years after the Big Bang, which means astronomers can view the universe as it was when it was much younger. But somet ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 25 2014 - 11:00am
- Water On Earth Is Older Than The Sun
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It's no surprise that water was crucial to the formation of life on Earth. What may surprise you is that water on earth is older than the sun itself. Identifying the original source of Earth's water is key to understanding how life-fostering env ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 27 2014 - 6:07pm
- New Kind Of Organic Molecule Found In Milky Way’s Interstellar Medium
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Surprises in the dark. Credit: NASA GSFC, CC BY By Rene Breton, University of Southampton ...
Article - The Conversation - Sep 25 2014 - 3:00pm
- Humans Will Walk on Mars by 2030, Says Former ISRO Chief
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Blog Post - Tomasz Nowakowski - Sep 28 2014 - 5:18pm
- The Origin Of Neptune And Uranus
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A team of researchers has proposed a solution to the problematic chemical composition of Neptune and Uranus, perhaps providing clues for understanding their formation. Uranus and Neptune, which post-Pluto are considered the outermost planets in the Solar S ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 29 2014 - 1:00pm
- OGLE-ing the Magellanic System: Polish Astronomers Discover Young Stellar Bridge in the Magellanic Clouds
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Blog Post - Tomasz Nowakowski - Oct 1 2014 - 6:32pm
- The Most Metal-Poor Stars in the Galactic Bulge Found
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Blog Post - Tomasz Nowakowski - Oct 2 2014 - 6:23pm
- Meet 2014 OL339, Earth’s New Quasi-Moon
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Astronomers have discovered an asteroid called 2014 OL339, that is the latest quasi-satellite of Earth – a space rock that orbits the sun but is close enough to Earth to look like a companion. Our planet has one permanently bound satellite- the Moon, but ...
Article - Tomasz Nowakowski - Oct 5 2014 - 11:42am
- Scientist Unveils Seismo-Ionospheric Effects of the ‘Chelyabinsk’ Meteorite Fall
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Blog Post - Tomasz Nowakowski - Oct 6 2014 - 2:52pm
- What Is A Lunar Eclipse?
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Just before totality on a total lunar eclipse. Credit: Flickr/John Johnson, CC BY-NC-SA By Tanya Hill, Museum Victoria At least twice a year, Earth comes between the sun and the moon. The result is a lunar eclipse, where we see the splendid sight of Earth ...
Article - The Conversation - Oct 6 2014 - 10:53pm