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NASA Satellites Capture Start of New Solar Cycle
published 94 days, 22 hours, 24 minutes ago, posted by admin 97 days, 8 hours, 27 minutes ago
On January 4, a reversed-polarity sunspot appeared, signalling the start of Solar Cycle 24. Solar activity waxes and wanes in 11-year cycles and the previous solar cycle, Solar Cycle 23, peaked in 2000-2002 with many furious solar storms. (more)
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Makeover for Europe's Mars robot
published 94 days, 22 hours, 29 minutes ago, posted by kazimanzurrashid 95 days, 22 hours, 52 minutes ago
Set to leave Earth in 2013, its primary aim will be to search for life The plan is to put a hi-tech vehicle on the Red Planet's surface with a range of instrumentation capable of investigating the planet's life potential - past and present. (more)
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The secret life of galaxies
published 95 days, 22 hours, 15 minutes ago, posted by admin 97 days, 8 hours, 27 minutes ago
Looking up at the night sky you could be forgiven for believing that the sedate progress of the stars across the firmament belies the serene nature of galaxies. But a closer look at our celestial neighbours reveals that the reality is very different. (more)
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NASA Scientists Predict Black Hole Light Echo Show
published 95 days, 22 hours, 54 minutes ago, posted by admin 97 days, 8 hours, 27 minutes ago
It's well known that black holes can slow time to a crawl and tidally stretch large objects into spaghetti-like strands. But according to new theoretical research from two NASA astrophysicists, the wrenching gravity just outside the outer boundary of a... (more)
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Hydrogen beast is closing in on the Milky Way
published 95 days, 22 hours, 54 minutes ago, posted by admin 97 days, 8 hours, 27 minutes ago
It's large, it's fast, and it's heading toward the Milky Way. Less than 40 million years from now, a giant cloud of hydrogen gas, clocked at 250 kilometers per second, will smash into our home galaxy, likely setting off a huge burst of star formation. (more)
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Creating black holes in a laboratory
posted by rishit 90 days, 11 hours, 48 minutes ago
Imagine being able to peek inside a black hole and even perform experiments there. It may not be as far-fetched as it sounds, thanks to a team which claims to have simulated a black hole’s event horizon in the lab. (more)
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Guns in Space
posted by rishit 90 days, 11 hours, 48 minutes ago
What's the point of putting weapons in orbit? (more)
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Navy to Shoot Down Satellite. Pentagon Missile Defense Test?
posted by rishit 90 days, 11 hours, 48 minutes ago
A Navy warship has been tasked with shooting down a failing United States spy satellite, although the odds were in favor of the it crashing in the ocean after losing much of the sensitive equipment during a fiery reentry. Perhaps the chance to use the ... (more)
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Pentagon to shoot down renegade spy satellite
posted by rishit 90 days, 11 hours, 48 minutes ago
US officials have confirmed that they're going to use modified SM-3 missiles fired from a cruiser and destroyer off the Northwest coast of Hawaii to take the thing out. (more)
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Were the First Stars Powered by Dark Matter?
posted by rishit 90 days, 11 hours, 48 minutes ago
When scientists look at what makes a star and what makes it burn, they turn to fusion. However, according to new research, dark matter annihilation was the source of energy for the earliest stars, rather than fusion, when the universe was only 100 to 2... (more)
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