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Sunset from New Zealand
This is my photos of the many colourful sunsets from Rotorua and New Zealand
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Billions of Galaxies are Missing from the Cosmos
By the latest estimate, the observable universe contains 200 billion galaxies. Astronomers wonder: Why so few?
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Hawking radiation mimicked in the lab
Sound waves used to imitate light particles predicted to escape black holes.
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Dark matter may have been detected – streaming from the sun’s core
unusual signal picked up by a European space observatory could be the first direct detection of dark matter particles, astronomers say
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Iso-Propyl Cyanide Detected in Star-Forming Region Sagittarius B2
The search for molecules in space began in the 1960s, and around 180 different molecular species have been discovered so far.
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APOD: 2013 September 15 - M2 9: Wings of a Butterfly Nebula
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
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What Mars Looked Like 4 Billion Years Ago
A new animation by NASA scientists illustrates what Mars may have looked like billions of years ago.
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Can You Identify These Cities From Their Light Signatures?
The light that a city emits is like its glowing fingerprint. From the orderly grid of Manhattan, to the sprawling, snaking streets…
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Scientists Spot A Lucky Star That Escaped Almost Certain Death at The Hand Of a Black Hole With Minor Damage
Astronomers have found a star that managed to withstand the force of a nearby black hole's intense gravitational pull ...
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Astronomers observe nearly 500 exocomets around nearby star
A team of French astronomers used the HARPS instrument on the ESO's 3.6-meter telescope to conduct the most detailed exocomet survey to-date.
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Einstein's Gravity Waves Could Be Found with New Method
Gravitational waves, invisible ripples in the fabric of space and time, might be detected by looking for the brightening of stars, researchers say.
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A galaxy on the edge
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What are we learning about the size of galaxies? | CosmosUp
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Unmanned Orbital Sciences Antares rocket explodes on liftoff
The Orbital Sciences Antares rocket attempted to take off this evening (yesterday's attempt was scrubbed due to a boat that wandered into a restricted area), but it exploded just six seconds after launching. In a tweet Orbital Sciences confirmed a "vehicle anomaly", and NASA says the company is evaluating the mission.
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Ganymede may harbor life
NASA scientists says that the largest moon in the solar system may harbor life in its inner oceans. Previously, scientists thought Ganymede only had one ocean between two ice layers, but data reveals that its structure is “ice and oceans stacked up in several layers like a club sandwich.”
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NASA Identifies Ice Cloud Above Cruising Altitude on Titan
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 29, 2014 - NASA scientists have identified an unexpected high-altitude methane ice cloud on Saturn's moon Titan that is similar to exotic clouds found far above Earth's poles. This lofty cloud, imaged by
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Interesting Facts About Brown Dwarfs | CosmosUp
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'Ghost Light' of Long-Dead Stars Haunt NASA's Hubble Telescope
NASA is adding a cosmic twist to Halloween with an unexpected find by the Hubble Space Telescope: eerie 'ghost light' from the remains of a multi-galaxy massacre. See the photo here.
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Decades-old scientific paper may hold clues to dark matter
Data originally taken for another reason weaken the case for "dark photons"
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Understanding quantum tunnelling
Jon Butterworth: Quantum tunnelling sounds like science fiction, and does indeed feature there quite often. But it is real, and plays a role in nuclear fusion, chemical reactions and the fate of the universe. Here’s how it works
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