Scientists discover 'catastrophic event' behind the halt of star birth in early galaxy formation
03:19 10-03-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Scientists have found evidence of a catastrophic event they believe was responsible for halting the birth of stars in a galaxy in the early universe. The researchers observed the massive galaxy as it would have appeared just three billion years after the Big Bang when the Universe was a quarter of its present age.
Historic deep space network antenna starts major surgery
17:19 09-03-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Like a hard-driving athlete whose joints need help, the giant Mars antenna at NASA's Deep Space Network site in Goldstone, Calif. has begun major, delicate surgery. The operation on the historic 70-meter-wide (230-foot) antenna, which has received data and sent commands to deep space missions for over 40 years, will replace a portion of the hydrostatic bearing assembly. This assembly enables the antenna to rotate horizontally.
Most extreme white dwarf binary system found with orbit of just five minutes
16:19 09-03-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
An international team of astronomers has shown that the two stars in the binary HM Cancri definitely revolve around each other in a mere 5.4 minutes. This makes HM Cancri the binary star with by far the shortest known orbital period. It is also the smallest known binary.
Is That Saturn's Moon Titan or Utah?
19:19 08-03-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Planetary scientists have been puzzling for years over the honeycomb patterns and flat valleys with squiggly edges evident in radar images of Saturn's moon Titan. Now, working with a volunteer researcher who has put his own spin on data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, they have found some recognizable analogies to a type of spectacular terrain on Earth known as karst topography.
Turning up the heat: Finding out how well the Webb telescope's sunshield will perform
03:19 05-03-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Keeping an infrared telescope at very cold operating temperatures isn't an option, it's an absolute necessity. Serving as a radiation blocker, the Webb telescope sunshield is subjected to nearly 100,000 thermal watts of solar heat, and reduces that to one tenth of a watt on the cold side, a million to one reduction.
Biggest, deepest crater exposes hidden, ancient moon
01:19 05-03-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Shortly after the Moon formed, an asteroid smacked into its southern hemisphere and gouged out a truly enormous crater, the South Pole-Aitken basin, almost 1,500 miles across and more than five miles deep.
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