jueves, 16 de junio de 2011

Dark Matter --Does It Have a Role in Creating Life Zones in the Universe? & 4 new Items:

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The NASA Hubble Space Telescope image above shows the distribution of dark matter in the center of the giant galaxy cluster Abell 1689, containing about 1,000 galaxies and trillions of stars. A new study suggests that mysterious, invisible dark matter could warm millions of starless planets in regions such as Abell 1689 and make them habitable.

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NASA Astronomers discovered an abundance of buckyballs -the largest known molecules in space, using the Spitzer Space Telescope to find the carbon spheres in the space between stars and around three dying stars. The Spitzer also detected buckyballs around...


The NASA Hubble Space Telescope image above shows the distribution of dark matter in the center of the giant galaxy cluster Abell 1689, containing about 1,000 galaxies and trillions of stars. A new study suggests that mysterious, invisible dark matter...


Scientists analyzing recent data from NASA's Voyager and Cassini spacecraft have calculated that Voyager 1 (launched in 1977, the Voyager twin spacecraft have been on a 33-year journey) could cross over into the frontier of interstellar space at any time...


The incredibly beautiful planetary nebula, NGC 6210, is a complex cloud of gas produced in the dying stages of a star slightly less massive than our Sun., about 6,500 light-years away, in the constellation of Hercules. In this image, NGC...


The Sun can be a potental threat when it sends out powerful solar blasts of radiation towards the Earth. Research shows that one-third of the Sun's blasts are "sneak attacks" that may occur without warning. "If space weather forecasters rely...




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