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Hubble Portrays Bright Southern Hemisphere Star Swaddled in a Gossamer Cocoon of Reflective Dust

This festive NASA Hubble Space Telescope image resembles a holiday wreath made of sparkling lights. The bright southern hemisphere star RS Puppis, at the center of the image, is swaddled in a gossamer cocoon of reflective dust illuminated by the glittering star. The super star is ten times more massive than our sun and 200 times larger.

19 Dec 2013

Dawn’s Framing Camera Reveals Beauty of Giant Asteroid Vesta

Some beauty is revealed only at a second glance. Such a case is the giant asteroid Vesta, which was the object of scrutiny by the Dawn spacecraft from 2011 to 2012. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Katlenburg-Lindau have now re-analysed the images of this giant asteroid obtained by Dawn’s framing camera. The images reveal in unprecedented detail not only geological structures that are invisible to the naked eye, but also landscapes of incomparable beauty.

19 Dec 2013

Distant Supernovae with Unusual Extreme Luminosity Discovered

Astronomers affiliated with the Supernova Legacy Survey (SNLS) have discovered two of the brightest and most distant supernovae ever recorded, 10 billion light-years away and a hundred times more luminous than a normal supernova. Their findings appear in the Dec. 20 issue of the Astrophysical Journal.

19 Dec 2013

Study of Massive Stars Reaffirms Four Spiral Arms of Milky Way Galaxy

A 12-year study of massive stars has reaffirmed that our Galaxy has four spiral arms, following years of debate sparked by images taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope that only showed two arms.

19 Dec 2013

New Quantum Lithography Protocol May Help Improve Resolution of Photolithography

Photolithography uses light beams to design thin geometric patterns on the substrates of semiconductors used in microelectronic devices. This is achieved using a chemical reaction on a light-sensitive chemical, called photoresist.

From Springer - Science and Technology Publishers 19 Dec 2013

Launch of New ‘Citizen Science’ Project that Lets Anyone Become Cosmic Explorer

‘Radio Galaxy Zoo’, launching today, is a new ‘citizen science’ project that lets anyone become a cosmic explorer.

18 Dec 2013

Milky Way Project Displays New ‘Animals’ to Track in the Cosmic Zoo

Since 2010, about 50,000 volunteers have taken to their computers to help astronomers catalog star-blown bubbles captured in images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Their efforts resulted in several scientific papers, and a deeper understanding of our Milky Way galaxy and its frothy star-forming clouds.

18 Dec 2013

Researchers Explore Emerging Pollutants’ Photochemical Behavior in Natural Waters Using Quantum Chemical Calculations

Organic sunscreens released from sea-bathing or wastewater discharges are emerging pollutants frequently detected in natural waters, and draw extensive concerns due to potential ecological risks. Photochemical transformation of organic sunscreens in surface waters may influence their environmental fate and ecological risk. The latest researches on the photochemical behavior of organic sunscreens were summarized in a paper entitled.

18 Dec 2013

Jet Propulsion Laboratory to Test Components of NASA's Low Density Supersonic Decelerator Project

A giant crane will tower above NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., shooting out of a hilly mesa like an oversized erector set, ready to help test components of NASA's Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project. The goal of the challenging technology, led by JPL, is to enable a future mission to Mars or other planetary bodies that uses heavier spacecraft and lands them at locations that were previously not achievable.

18 Dec 2013

Closest Brown Dwarf Binary System to the Sun May be a Triple System

Astronomers, including Carnegie’s Yuri Beletsky, took precise measurements of the closest pair of failed stars to the Sun, which suggest that the system harbors a third, planetary-mass object.The research is published as a letter to the editor in Astronomy & Astrophysics available online at http://arxiv.org/abs/1312.1303.

17 Dec 2013

FIRST Instrument at Subaru Telescope May Help Resolve Giant and Super Giant Stars

Most stars in the galaxy are surrounded by swirling disks of dust, circling planets or other orbiting stars, yet astronomers have a hard time studying these companions because of glare from the main star.

17 Dec 2013

Leicester-Led Team Publishes Major List of Celestial X-ray Sources

An international team led from the University of Leicester has published a major list of celestial X-ray sources in the Astrophysical Journal. The result of many years work, this list of over 150,000 high-energy stars and galaxies will be a vital resource for future astronomical studies.

17 Dec 2013

Gaia Satellite to Make Most Precise Measurements of Billions of Stars in the Milky Way

On the 19th of December, the Gaia satellite will be launched and it will make the most precise measurements of the billions of stars in the Milky Way to date. Gaia is an astronomical satellite that measures the positions, distances and movement of stars. Behind the European ESA project is the Danish astronomer from the Niels Bohr Institute, Erik Høg, who has played a key role in developing the design of the new satellite, which will be a million times more efficient than its predecessor, the Hipparcos satellite.

17 Dec 2013

Smithsonian's Submillimeter Array Peers through Dusty Fog to View the W49A Stellar Nursery

W49A might be one of the best-kept secrets in our galaxy. This star-forming region shines 100 times brighter than the Orion nebula, but is so obscured by dust that very little visible or infrared light escapes.

17 Dec 2013

Supercomputer Simulations Solve Quantum Mechanics Equations in Effort to Develop New Nuclear Fuels

Two of the nation’s fastest supercomputers will aid a research team, led by a University of Alabama computational chemist, in guiding both the development of new nuclear fuels and clean-up efforts from past nuclear fuel and weapon production.

17 Dec 2013

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Hubble Portrays Bright Southern Hemisphere Star Swaddled in a Gossamer Cocoon of Reflective Dust

Dawn’s Framing Camera Reveals Beauty of Giant Asteroid Vesta

Distant Supernovae with Unusual Extreme Luminosity Discovered

Study of Massive Stars Reaffirms Four Spiral Arms of Milky Way Galaxy

New Quantum Lithography Protocol May Help Improve Resolution of Photolithography

Launch of New ‘Citizen Science’ Project that Lets Anyone Become Cosmic Explorer

Milky Way Project Displays New ‘Animals’ to Track in the Cosmic Zoo

Researchers Explore Emerging Pollutants’ Photochemical Behavior in Natural Waters Using Quantum Chemical Calculations

Jet Propulsion Laboratory to Test Components of NASA's Low Density Supersonic Decelerator Project

Closest Brown Dwarf Binary System to the Sun May be a Triple System

FIRST Instrument at Subaru Telescope May Help Resolve Giant and Super Giant Stars

Leicester-Led Team Publishes Major List of Celestial X-ray Sources

Gaia Satellite to Make Most Precise Measurements of Billions of Stars in the Milky Way

Smithsonian's Submillimeter Array Peers through Dusty Fog to View the W49A Stellar Nursery

Supercomputer Simulations Solve Quantum Mechanics Equations in Effort to Develop New Nuclear Fuels

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