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Deep Space
Cosmic Evolution
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The Universe in 3D
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| Topic: Cosmic Evolution |
05/03/11 |
| Scientists have constructed the largest ever 3-D map of the distant Universe. Studying the nature of the Universe can help astrobiologists determine the best locations in which to search for habitable worlds. |
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Did the Early Universe Have Only One Dimension?
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| Topic: Cosmic Evolution |
04/23/11 |
| Physicists have proposed a theory that the early Universe had only one spatial dimension. Now, a new test has been devised that could prove or disprove the 'vanishing dimensions' hypothesis. |
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Alien Astronomy, a Trillion Years from Now
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| Topic: Cosmic Evolution |
04/17/11 |
| In a trillion years, astronomers in our galaxy will have a difficult time figuring out how the Universe began. The evidence we have today in support of the Big Bang will no longer be available. |
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WISE Delivers Millions of Galaxies, Stars and Asteroids
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| Topic: Cosmic Evolution |
04/16/11 |
| Astronomers across the globe can now sift through hundreds of millions of galaxies, stars and asteroids collected in the first bundle of data from NASA´s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission. The data is invaluable for astrobiologists seeking to understand the nature of our universe and the potential for habitable planets other than our own Earth. |
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Star Formation Linked to Sonic Booms
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| Topic: Cosmic Evolution |
04/16/11 |
| New observations reveal that nearby interstellar clouds contain networks of gaseous filaments that may result from interstellar sonic booms. |
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Kepler's Census of Sun-Like Stars
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| Topic: Cosmic Evolution |
04/13/11 |
| NASA's Kepler mission has spotted 500 Sun-like stars that show changes in brightness. The data is helping astronomers understand the mass, radius, age and internal structure of stars. The information will ultimately help astrobiologists search for habitable planets beyond our solar system. |
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Two Dying Stars Reborn as One
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| Topic: Cosmic Evolution |
04/11/11 |
| Astronomers have discovered a pair of white dwarf stars that orbit each other at a distance less that that from the Earth to the Moon. It is believed that in a few million years, the stars will collide to be 'reborn' as a single star. |
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Unwrapping the Ribbon of Energy around our Solar System
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| Topic: Cosmic Evolution |
04/03/11 |
| Data from NASA's IBEX mission has overturned 40 years of theory by isolating a mysterious 'ribbon' of energy and particles found in the heliosphere. Studying the heliosphere is important because its influence it thought to help protect our solar system, and life on Earth, from galactic cosmic rays. |
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The Strong Force
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| Topic: Cosmic Evolution |
04/01/11 |
| New research is helping scientists understand one of the four fundamental forces of the Universe. |
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