News articles tagged with 'disc'
Planet formation in action?
— 24 Feb 2011 20:11 | AstronomyUsing ESO's Very Large Telescope an international team of astronomers has been able to study the short-lived disc of material around a young star that is in the early stages of making…
Isolating the stellar discs of Andromeda
— 15 Feb 2011 15:54 | AstronomyA team of astronomers from the UK, the US and Europe have identified a thick stellar disc in the nearby Andromeda galaxy for the first time. The discovery and properties of the thick…
NFL linemen recover from back surgery, and so can you
— 22 Jan 2011 10:11 | HealthIf NFL linemen can recover from back surgery and return to their spine-bruising careers, so can you get back into your 'game' of horsing around with your kids or working out at the…
Surprising find may yield new avenue of treatment for painful herniated discs
— 29 Jun 2010 10:08 | HealthAn immune cell known to cause chronic inflammation in autoimmune disorders has been identified as a possible culprit in low back pain associated with herniated discs, according to doctors…
VISTA views the Sculptor Galaxy
— 16 Jun 2010 12:14 | AstronomyA spectacular new image of the Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253) has been taken with the ESO VISTA telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile as part of one of its first major observational…
Following the motion of an exoplanet
— 10 Jun 2010 18:28 | AstronomyFor the first time, astronomers have been able to directly follow the motion of an exoplanet as it moves from one side of its host star to the other. The planet has the smallest orbit…
New U of A research goes against mom's advice that routine lifting is bad for your back
— 16 Apr 2010 01:05 | HealthTapio Videman says back disorders in the working population are among the most costly illnesses in developed countries around the world. Disc degeneration is the main suspected origin…
First detailed look at young dusty discs around ageing stars
— 14 Apr 2010 09:52 | AstronomyAstronomers from the University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics and the Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur in France have used the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile…
Seeing into the heart of planetary systems
— 14 Apr 2010 09:43 | AstronomyUsing four of the world's largest telescopes, scientists have obtained the most detailed information yet from the regions around two young stars tens of light years away, finding compact…
Turning planetary theory upside down
— 14 Apr 2010 09:28 | AstronomyThe discovery of nine new transiting exoplanets is announced today at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting. When these new results were combined with earlier observations of transiting…