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New Journal of High Energy Astrophysics from Elsevier

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the launch of the Journal of High Energy Astrophysics (JHEAp), the first astrophysical journal that revolves around the study of high energy objects and events.

15 Oct 2013

Hubble Captures Petal-Like Shells of Galaxy PGC 6240

The beautiful, petal-like shells of galaxy PGC 6240 are captured here in intricate detail by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, set against a sky full of distant background galaxies. This cosmic bloom is of great interest to astronomers due to both its uneven structure, and the unusual clusters of stars that orbit around it — two strong indications of a galactic merger in the recent past.

11 Oct 2013

Astronomers Discover Celestial Objects Without Host Stars

Astronomers including Niall Deacon of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) captured an image of an unusual free-floating planet. As the object has no host star, it can be observed and examined much easier than planets orbiting stars, promising insight into the details of planetary atmospheres.

11 Oct 2013

Water-Rich Rocky Planetary Body Orbits White Dwarf Star

Astrophysicists have found the first evidence of a water-rich rocky planetary body outside our solar system in its shattered remains orbiting a white dwarf.

11 Oct 2013

DESY Holds Kick-Off Meeting for German-Russian Ioffe Röntgen Institute

With a kick-off meeting at DESY in Hamburg the newly founded German-Russian Ioffe Röntgen Institute (IRI) has taken up work on Wednesday. The new institution will serve as an umbrella for cooperation in the development and application of large-scale research infrastructures.

11 Oct 2013

Higgs Mechanism Awarded 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics

François Englert and Peter W. Higgs have been awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in physics “for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider.”

11 Oct 2013

Stanford Professor of Structural Biology Awarded 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Michael Levitt, PhD, professor of structural biology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, has won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

11 Oct 2013

Nobel Prize for Higgs Discovery Celebrated at Wayne State University

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences today announced the Nobel Prize in physics to theorists Peter Higgs and Francois Englert to recognize their work developing the theory of what is now known as the Higgs field, which gives elementary particles mass.

10 Oct 2013

Texas Tech CERN Physicists Congratulate Peter Higgs and François Englert on Nobel Prize

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences today jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics to François Englert and Peter W. Higgs to recognize their work developing the theory of what is now known as the Higgs field, which gives elementary particles mass.

10 Oct 2013

ESO’s VLT Captures Detailed Image of Toby Jug Nebula

ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has captured a remarkably detailed image of the Toby Jug Nebula, a cloud of gas and dust surrounding a red giant star. This view shows the characteristic arcing structure of the nebula, which, true to its name, does indeed look a little like a jug with a handle.

10 Oct 2013

UT Austin’s McDonald Observatory Celebrates 75th Anniversary

A yearlong celebration is underway to celebrate the 75th anniversary of The University of Texas at Austin’s McDonald Observatory. Located in West Texas near Fort Davis, the observatory was dedicated May 5, 1939, and has supported some of the most important astronomical discoveries of recent decades about everything from extrasolar planets to exotic stars to black holes.

10 Oct 2013

Penn's ATLAS Team Celebrates Contributions to Higgs Discovery

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences today awarded the Nobel Prize in physics to theorists Peter Higgs and Francois Englert to recognize their work developing the theory of what is now known as the Higgs field, which gives elementary particles mass.

10 Oct 2013

Planets with Short Orbital Periods Nearly Skim Host Stars’ Surface

A new planet-hunting survey has revealed planetary candidates with orbital periods as short as four hours and so close to their host stars that they are nearly skimming the stellar surface. If confirmed, these candidates would be among the closest planets to their stars discovered so far.

9 Oct 2013

Scientist Successfully Synthesize Computer-Designed Superconductor

A Binghamton University scientist and his international colleagues report this week on the successful synthesis of the first superconductor designed entirely on the computer. Their findings were published in Physical Review Letters, the leading journal in the field.

9 Oct 2013

Award of Nobel Prize in Physics a Triumph for Elementary Particle Physics Research

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2013 has been awarded to physicists François Englert (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and Peter W. Higgs (University of Edinburgh) “for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider", at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden.

9 Oct 2013

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New Journal of High Energy Astrophysics from Elsevier

Hubble Captures Petal-Like Shells of Galaxy PGC 6240

Astronomers Discover Celestial Objects Without Host Stars

Water-Rich Rocky Planetary Body Orbits White Dwarf Star

DESY Holds Kick-Off Meeting for German-Russian Ioffe Röntgen Institute

Higgs Mechanism Awarded 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics

Stanford Professor of Structural Biology Awarded 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Nobel Prize for Higgs Discovery Celebrated at Wayne State University

Texas Tech CERN Physicists Congratulate Peter Higgs and François Englert on Nobel Prize

ESO’s VLT Captures Detailed Image of Toby Jug Nebula

UT Austin’s McDonald Observatory Celebrates 75th Anniversary

Penn's ATLAS Team Celebrates Contributions to Higgs Discovery

Planets with Short Orbital Periods Nearly Skim Host Stars’ Surface

Scientist Successfully Synthesize Computer-Designed Superconductor

Award of Nobel Prize in Physics a Triumph for Elementary Particle Physics Research

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