The high resolution simulation of the Milky Way used to test the mass-measuring technique. Credit: Dr A. Hobbs.Astronomers at the University of Zürich, the ETH Zurich, the University of Leicester and NAOC Beijing have found [...]
Plenty of dark matter near the Sun
Posted by carsimulator on Thursday, August 9, 2012
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The Kepler-INT Survey
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KIS U-g-i colour postage stamp of NGC 6791, a dense open cluster in the Kepler field [ PNG ]The first data were obtained in May 2011 and completed coverage of the Kepler field in July 2012. Time is allocated through the [...]
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Astronomers Release the Largest Ever Three-Dimensional Map of the Sky
Posted by carsimulator on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
This is a still image from a video fly-through of the SDSS-III galaxies mapped in Data Release 9. Credit: Yushu Yao and Prabhat (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, NERSC), Miguel A. Aragon (Johns Hopkins University), [...]
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Close Encounter with the Tarantula
Posted by carsimulator on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Tarantula NebulaCredit: ESA/Hubble& NASA Acknowledgement: Judy SchmidtTurning its 2.4-metre eye to the Tarantula Nebula, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken this close-up of the outskirts of the main cloud [...]
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Subaru Telescope Reveals 3D Structure of Supernovae
Posted by carsimulator on Monday, August 6, 2012
A research group led by Dr. Masaomi Tanaka (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan), Dr. Koji Kawabata (Hiroshima University), Dr. Takashi Hattori (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan), and Dr. Keiichi Maeda (University [...]
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The Spectral Energy Distribution of Protostars
Posted by carsimulator on Sunday, August 5, 2012
A simulated image of what a young star looks like in the far infrared. A dark disk is seen edge-on and outflow material is also apparent. A new paper compares models with these simulations to measure their accuracy. Credit: [...]
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Supernova progenitor found?
Posted by carsimulator on Friday, August 3, 2012
An optical / infrared / X-ray composite image of the remnant of Tycho's star, a type Ia supernova seen in 1572. Courtesy of Astronomy Picture of the Day. Credit: NASA / CXC / SAO / JPL-Caltech / MPIA / Calar Alto / O. Krause [...]
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