News articles tagged with 'dust'
Wind can keep mountains from growing
— 29 Mar 2011 15:13 | EnvironmentWind is a much more powerful force in the evolution of mountains than previously thought, according to a new report from a University of Arizona-led research team…
Allergy vaccine is nothing to sneeze at
— 28 Mar 2011 16:27 | HealthMonash University researchers are working on a vaccine that could completely cure asthma brought on by house dust mite allergies…
The drama of starbirth
— 16 Mar 2011 13:12 | AstronomyThe star-forming region NGC 6729 is part of one of the closest stellar nurseries to the Earth and hence one of the best studied. This new image from ESO's Very Large Telescope gives…
Speed demon creates a shock
— 11 Mar 2011 16:10 | AstronomyJust as some drivers obey the speed limit while others treat every road as if it were the Autobahn, some stars move through space faster than others. NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey…
Oxygen isotope analysis tells of the wandering life of a dust grain 4.5 billion years ago
— 4 Mar 2011 14:45 | AstronomyScientists have performed a micro-probe analysis of the core and outer layers of a pea-sized piece of a meteorite some 4.57 billion years old to reconstruct the history of its formation,…
Spitzer captures infrared rays from a Sunflower
— 4 Mar 2011 14:29 | AstronomyThe various spiral arm segments of the Sunflower galaxy, also known as Messier 63, show up vividly in this image taken in infrared light by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Infrared…
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…
Reflected glory
— 17 Feb 2011 17:06 | AstronomyMessier 78 is a fine example of a reflection nebula. The ultraviolet radiation from the stars that illuminate it is not intense enough to ionise the gas to make it glow - its dust particles…
Runaway star plows through space
— 25 Jan 2011 19:47 | AstronomyA massive star flung away from its former companion is plowing through space dust. The result is a brilliant bow shock, seen here as a yellow arc in a new image from NASA's Wide-field…
Planck unveils wonders of the Universe
— 11 Jan 2011 17:02 | AstronomyThe first scientific results from Europe's Planck spacecraft featuring the coldest objects in the Universe have today been released…