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... one of the earliest and least understood phases of star formation. Herschel has revealed the largest ensemble of such young stars in a single star-forming region, said Amelia Stutz, lead author of ... . "With these results, we are getting closer to witnessing the moment when a star begins to form." Stars spring to life from the gravitational collapse of massive clouds of gas and dust ... . An additional seven protostars previously seen by Spitzer share this characteristic. Together, these 18 budding stars comprise only five percent of the protostars and candidate protostars observed in Orion. That figure ...

... our Universe; explore the origin and evolution of galaxies, and explore whether planets around other stars could harbor life. '''Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)''' Martin Weisskopf, principal investigator at NASA ... , the planet’s orbit places it between its star and Earth, dimming the detectable light of its star. It’s this dimming of the star that is actually captured by observatories such as ...

... , such as the size of Earth, orbiting very far from their host star or, in some cases, orbiting no star at all. For this experiment, scientists will use gravitational microlensing – the phenomenon ... Ames. "Because of that, the breadth of our science is vast, including star clusters, young stars, supernovae, white dwarfs, very bright stars, active galaxies and, of course, exoplanets.” In the new paradigm, the ...

... was really an event of such magnitude being televised or more science fiction," the Star commented. (W Star, 21 July 76, B-1) Commentary on the Viking spacecraft Viking landing on Mars ... into space, nothing is quite the same again." (WSJ, 21 July 76, 22) A Washington Star editorial said that Viking spacecraft 1 Viking 1 may have "ended generations of fanciful imaginings ... verification of the filtered signals for color reconstruction could take another wk or two. (W Star, 23 July 76, A-1) Viking spacecraft Viking Mission Director A. Thomas Young told a ...

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... SHORT GAMMA-RAY BURSTS'' WASHINGTON -- A new supercomputer simulation shows the collision of two neutron stars can naturally produce the magnetic structures thought to power the high-speed particle jets associated ... the Himalayan Mountains. The simulation began with a pair of magnetized neutron stars orbiting just 11 miles apart. Each star packed 1.5 times the mass of the sun into a sphere ... the temperature of the interstellar material and controls initial conditions for the formation of new stars. "These observations give us unique information about the physical processes and chemical conditions in the ...

... ;s brightness and duration of a planet transit, combined with the properties of its host star, present a recognizable signature. When astronomers detect planet candidates that exhibit similar signatures around the same star, the likelihood of any of these planet candidates being a false positive is very low ...

... -- Astronomers have gathered the most direct evidence yet of a supermassive black hole shredding a star that wandered too close. NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer, a space-based observatory, and the ... of most galaxies. These hefty monsters lay quietly until an unsuspecting victim, such as a star, wanders close enough to get ripped apart by their powerful gravitational clutches. Astronomers have spotted ... Gezari of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore identified the victim as a star rich in helium gas. The star resides in a galaxy 2.7 billion light-years away. The team ...

... exoplanets, known as hot Jupiters because of their enormous size and orbits close to their stars, were confirmed. Results from Kepler data continue to expand our understanding of planets and planetary ... February 2011, scientists announced Kepler had found a very crowded and compact planetary system -- a star with multiple transiting planets. Kepler-11 has six planets larger than Earth, all orbiting closer ...

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