Astrophysics
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A black hole relic from the early universe appears to the Chandra X-ray Observatory. more...
Most Distant Object in the Universe to Date
A gamma-ray burst with a redshift of 8.2 becomes the earliest and most distant object ever discovered. more...
The Milky Way Galaxy is swarming with rogue black holes, relics of its formation. more...
Scientists hope to solve the mystery of matter by mimicking conditions that existed just a fraction of a second after the Big Bang. more...
Are you and everything around you expanding as the Universe balloons outward? more...
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Supernovae Advance Models of Stellar Evolution
By:
Wendy Anne Makhdum Prosser
Images of recent supernovae have enabled astronomers to identify the precursor stars of these explosions, overturning accepted theories of the evolution of massive stars. more...
The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
By: George Garza
NASA's orbital observatory program contained four Telescopes to observe different electromagnetic frequencies. The Compton observatory looked for gamma-rays. more...
Sunspots Seem to Have Vanished
By:
Dennis Holley
In 2008, no sunspots were observed on 266 of the year's 366 days (73%), a low surpassed only in 1913, which had 311 spotless days (85%). more...
By:
Dennis Holley
Biocentrism is a recent and highly controversial theory that proposes the existence of the universe is dependent upon the presence of life within that universe. more...
By: Anna Sanclement
No one is sure how the end will come to the Universe. However, some interesting theories have emerged that could explain how it all might happen. more...
By:
Wendy Anne Makhdum Prosser
With the aid of helioseismology, the interior of the Sun is no longer hidden from view. more...
Our Universe Could be One of Many
By: Anna Sanclement
Theorists believe there is a strong possibility other universes exist. Many universe 'bubbles' could lurk nearby and crash into each other. more...
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