News articles tagged with 'cosmic'
Precise picture of early Universe supports 'dark matter' theory
— 3 Nov 2009 09:02 | AstronomyA detailed picture of the seeds of structures in the universe has been unveiled by an international team co-led by a Cardiff University scientist... — full story
The Milky Way's tiny but tough galactic neighbour
— 14 Oct 2009 12:16 | AstronomyIn the new ESO image, Barnard's Galaxy glows beneath a sea of foreground stars in the direction of the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer). At the relatively close distance of... — full story
Heart of a galaxy emits gamma rays
— 3 Oct 2009 09:36 | AstronomyQuite a few distant galaxies turn out to be cosmic delivery rooms. Large numbers of massive stars are born in the hearts of these starburst galaxies, and later explode as supernovae.... — full story
Cosmic rays hit space age high
— 30 Sep 2009 15:29 | AstronomyPlanning a trip to Mars? Take plenty of shielding. According to sensors on NASA's ACE (Advanced Composition Explorer) spacecraft, galactic cosmic rays have just hit a Space Age high... — full story
Trifid triple treat
— 27 Aug 2009 13:36 | AstronomySmouldering several thousand light-years away in the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer), the Trifid Nebula presents a compelling portrait of the early stages of a star's life,... — full story
LIGO listens for gravitational echoes of the birth of the universe
— 20 Aug 2009 12:52 | AstronomyAn investigation by the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration has significantly advanced our understanding... — full story
The violent youth of solar proxies steer course of genesis of life
— 11 Aug 2009 12:16 | AstronomyJust how rare life is in the Universe is one of the key questions in the natural sciences today. By pulling in multidisciplinary expertise from biology, geology, physics and astronomy,... — full story
First black holes kept to a strict diet
— 11 Aug 2009 12:01 | AstronomyA new supercomputer simulation designed to track the fate of the universe's first black holes finds that, counter to expectations, they couldn't efficiently gorge themselves on nearby... — full story
Cosmic meddling with the clouds by seven-day magic
— 1 Aug 2009 17:35 | EnvironmentBillions of tonnes of water droplets vanish from the atmosphere, as if by magic, in events that reveal in detail how the Sun and the stars control our everyday clouds. Researchers of... — full story
NRL's Large Area Telescope explores high-energy particles
— 28 Jul 2009 20:13 | AstronomyNASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is making some exciting discoveries about cosmic rays and the Large Area Telescope aboard Fermi is the tool in this investigation. Scientists... — full story