New NASA space-probe observations of the oldest light in the cosmos are the most direct evidence yet that the universe expanded extremely quickly immediately after the big bang, physicists say..........
National Geographic News
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Friday, March 10, 2006
Huge Star Burst from the Dawn of Time
A gigantic star that lived fast and died young in a huge cosmic explosion soon after the dawn of time has been detected by astronomers looking back into the infancy of the universe.The cataclysmic event took place 12.8 billion years ago, just 900 million years after the Big Bang, and has provided scientists with their first opportunity to study an individual star that formed so far back in time..........
The Australian
The Australian
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Liquid Water Geysers Discovered on Saturn Moon
Scientists have found evidence that cold, Yellowstone-like geysers of water are issuing from a moon of Saturn called Enceladus, apparently fueled by liquid reservoirs that may lie just tens of yards beneath the moon's icy surface..........
MSNBC
MSNBC
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Researchers Predict Powerful Sunspots
Solar researchers are predicting that the next cycle of sunspots, flares and magnetic storms from the sun will be the most powerful and active seen in nearly 50 years..........
Scripps Howard News
Scripps Howard News
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Largest Ever Galaxy Portrait
This new Hubble image reveals the gigantic Pinwheel galaxy, one of the best known examples of “grand design spirals”, and its supergiant star-forming regions in unprecedented detail. The image is the largest and most detailed photo of a spiral galaxy ever released from Hubble..........
Science Daily
Science Daily
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