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A Rose By Any Other Name

Posted by agung | Filed under Universe

Would look twice as sweet! Are you seeing double? No. This isn’t an eye test - rather an incredible, dimensional look at NGC 2244 - a star cluster embroiled in a reflection nebula spanning More >>

Tags: Astronomy

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Two Rockets Fly Through Auroral Arc

Posted by agung | Filed under Universe

Early Thursday morning, two sounding rockets simultaneously flew through the veil of an aurora collecting data from both the top and bottom edges of the arc. A team from the University of Iowa waited for precise conditions before launchi More >>

Tags: Auroral Arc, Rockets

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Global Warming May Be Irreversible

Posted by agung | Filed under Universe

A new paper published by a leading researcher says many effects of climate change are already irreversible. Susan Solomon, a leader of the International Panel on Climate Change and a scientist with National Oceanic and Atmopheric Association (NOAA) said even if carbon More >>

Tags: Earth, Global Warming

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The Violent Variations of Black Holes

Posted by agung | Filed under Universe

What is the environment around a black hole really like? Astronomers are getting a better idea by observing the light coming from the accretion disk surrounding black holes. The More >>

Tags: Black Holes

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Young Stars Forming Near Galactic Black Hole

Posted by agung | Filed under Universe

Just as young children need safe, nurturing environments to develop and grow, young stars, too need just the right environment to get their start in life. Or do they? At the center of our g More >>

Tags: Astronomy, Black Holes

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With No Smoke or Mirrors, Spacecraft Hunts for Active Galaxies with Central Black Holes

Posted by agung | Filed under Universe

Swift’s Hard X-ray Survey offers the first unbiased census of active galactic nuclei in decades. Dense clouds of dust and gas, illustrated here, can obscure less energetic radiation from an active galaxy’s central More >>

Tags: Black Holes, Galaxy

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Which Comes First: Galaxy or Black Hole?

Posted by agung | Filed under Universe

Do galaxies form first and then a black hole springs up in the center, or possibly, do galaxies form around an already existing black hole? That’s the cosmic chicken-and-the-egg problem astronomers have been trying to figure out. The More >>

Tags: Black Holes, galaxies

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Zoom 13 Million Light-years to See Heart of Active Galaxy

Posted by agung | Filed under General, Universe

Using data from the Very Large Telescope’s powerful near-infrared eyes, astronomers have created a movie that takes you across 13 million light-years to galaxy NGC 253, an active galaxy filled with young, massive More >>

Tags: Black Holes, galaxies

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A Disturbance in the Force in Centaurus A

Posted by agung | Filed under General, Universe

There are some interesting dynamics going on with Centaurus A, an elliptical galaxy about 13 million light-years away. This is a very active and luminous region of space and a great disturbance is going on as another sp More >>

Tags: Centaurus, Galaxy, X-Ray Emmision

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Top 10 Strangest Lego Creations

Posted by udugil08 | Filed under General

It’s time for our weekly Top 10 list and this week our editors bring you the “Top 10 Strangest (or Coolest…) Lego Creations”. Leave us a comment with your own favorites. [PCMag]