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Astronomers detect huge water reservoir in space

Researchers generally agree that the world's oceans contain more than 1.3 billion cubic kilometers of water. Multiply that by several thousand and you'll get the amount of water that astronomers detected in space, just 175 light y [...]

Posted On : Oct, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Astronomers Plead for Space Telescope’s Life

NASA officials and leading astronomers say the James Webb Space Telescope, successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, should still fly despite mounting criticism, cost increases, and disagreements within the astronomy community. Initiall [...]

Posted On : Sep, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Astronomers Discover Honeycomb Carbon Crystals In Space

Graphene was first synthesized in a lab in 2004, and subsequent research on its unique properties garnered the Nobel Prize in 2010. It’s as strong as it is thin, and conducts electricity as well as copper. Some think it’s the [...]

Posted On : Aug, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Herschel space telescope pierces giant star bubble

The image of the bubble, known as RCW 120, has been released a few days ahead of the European telescope's first birthday in orbit. Herschel's infrared detectors are tuned to see the cold materials that give birth to stars. Pictur [...]

Posted On : May, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

Astronomers set their eyes on last blank space on the map of...

Two international teams of astronomers have reported their observations of what they refer to as the ‘last blank space on the map of the Universe’, namely, a gamma-ray burst from a star that died when the Universe was 640 millio [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

Lost in space - Astronomy photographers capture cosmic mast...

The dramatic rearing horsehead nebula and mysterious glowing Bow of Orion are just two of the unforgettable images that have been entered into the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2009 competition. More than 500 entries from around the w [...]

Posted On : Sep, 08 2009 | Comments : 0

Non-discovery of space-time ripples opens door to birth of t...

Scientists have peered further back in time than ever before using instruments designed to search for a phenomenon predicted by Albert Einstein almost a century ago but not yet proven to exist. An American observatory hunting for ripples [...]

Posted On : Aug, 20 2009 | Comments : 0

Giant soap bubble found floating in space

A team of astronomers has found a new planetary nebula, which looks like a giant ‘soap bubble’ floating in space. Planetary nebulae, which got their name after being misidentified by early astronomers, are formed when an ageing [...]

Posted On : Jul, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

Astronomers map 'blue whale' of space

Australian astronomers have made the most detailed map yet of a radio galaxy, which could lead to a better understanding of these strange phenomena. The map of Centaurus A, a galaxy in the Centaurus constellation, covers a segment of sky 2 [...]

Posted On : Jul, 13 2009 | Comments : 0

Spitzer Space Telescope starts a new life

As astronauts work to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope this week, another large space telescope of NASA started a new life on its own. As expected, on May 15th, 2009, the Spitzer Space Telescope ran out of its liquid helium c [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

Solar powered - Amateur astronomer snaps space shuttle

An amateur astronomer has captured the stunning sight of both the space shuttle Atlantis and Hubble Telescope silhouetted against the golden orb of the sun. It is the first ever image taken of a solar transit of a space shuttle and Hubble [...]

Posted On : May, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

It's time for another giant leap into space, say Hawkings

The black-and-white images flickered on the screen. “I was watching from the sofa in my pyjamas with my parents,” says the British-born Nasa astronaut Nick Patrick. “I didn't understand the historical significance of the A [...]

Posted On : Apr, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

Italian astronomers awarded record use of space telescopes

Rome - Italian astronomers have been awarded record quotas of two space telescopes. Two independent programs led by astrophysicists. In Bologna, respectively at the INAF and the University of Bologna, have in fact been awarded record time [...]

Posted On : Mar, 25 2009 | Comments : 0

Solar physics spacecraft launched by Russia

Russia launched a solar observatory Friday to study the connection between the sun and Earth, marking the first Russian science mission of its scale in more than four years.The Coronas Photon spacecraft will spend the next three years circl [...]