News articles tagged with 'gas' (Page 33)
Fantastic plastic could cut CO2 emissions
— 11 Oct 2007 20:56 | ChemistryA modified plastic material greatly improves the ability to separate global warming-linked carbon dioxide from natural gas as the gas is prepared for use, according to engineers at…
Turning a risk into a resource
— 11 Oct 2007 12:05 | EnvironmentFor some years, Eawag researchers have been keeping a watchful eye on Lake Kivu in East Africa, given the hazard posed by the billions of cubic metres of gases dissolved in the deep…
Orphan stars found in long galaxy tail
— 20 Sep 2007 17:55 | AstronomyAstronomers have found evidence that stars have been forming in a long tail of gas that extends well outside its parent galaxy. This discovery suggests that such 'orphan' stars may…
Astronomers will trace planet formation with neon
— 13 Sep 2007 00:01 | AstronomyAstronomers have observed neon in disks of dust and gas swirling around sunlike stars for the first time. University of Arizona astronomers who collaborated in the observations say…
Hubble captures stars going out in style
— 11 Sep 2007 15:02 | AstronomyThe colourful, intricate shapes in these NASA Hubble Space Telescope images reveal how the glowing gas ejected by dying Sun-like stars evolves dramatically over time. These gaseous…
Satellites unveil new type of active galaxy
— 30 Jul 2007 19:21 | AstronomyAn international team of astronomers using NASA's Swift satellite and the Japanese/US Suzaku X-ray observatory has discovered a new class of active galactic nuclei (AGN). By now, you'd…
X-ray telescopes discover the biggest collision in the Universe
— 18 Jul 2007 13:53 | AstronomyThe orbiting X-ray telescopes XXM-Newton and Chandra have caught a pair of galaxy clusters merging into a giant cluster. The discovery adds to existing evidence that galaxy clusters…
Two more active moons around Saturn
— 13 Jun 2007 20:39 | AstronomySaturn's moons Tethys and Dione are flinging great streams of particles into space, according to data from the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini mission to Saturn. The discovery suggests the possibility…
XMM-Newton reveals X-rays from gas streams around young stars
— 1 Jun 2007 11:51 | AstronomyXMM-Newton has surveyed nearly two hundred stars under formation to reveal, contrary to expectations, how streams of matter fall onto the young stars magnetic atmospheres and radiate…