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Lightest exoplanet imaged so far?

Nine years after ESO's Very Large Telescope captured the first image of an exoplanet, the planetary companion to the brown dwarf 2M1207, the same team has caught on camera what is probably the lightest of these objects so far.

Jun 3rd, 2013

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'Population census' of galaxies buried in dust

Conventional research on distant galaxies have been carried out mainly with visible light and near infrared light. However, it is possible that many galaxies in the universe have been overlooked as much of that radiation is largely absorbed by cosmic dust.

May 31st, 2013

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A new kind of cosmic glitch

The physics behind some of the most extraordinary stellar objects in the Universe just became even more puzzling. A group of astronomers using NASA's Swift satellite have discovered a new kind of glitch in the cosmos, specifically in the rotation of a neutron star.

May 29th, 2013

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Measuring all the light in the universe since the Big Bang

How much light has been emitted by all galaxies since the cosmos began? After all, almost every photon from ultraviolet to far infrared wavelengths ever radiated by all galaxies that ever existed throughout cosmic history is still speeding through the Universe today. If we could carefully measure the number and energy (wavelength) of all those photons we might learn important secrets about the nature and evolution of the Universe.

May 24th, 2013

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Hubble reveals the Ring Nebula's true shape

The Ring Nebula's distinctive shape makes it a popular illustration for astronomy books. But new observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope of the glowing gas shroud around an old, dying, sun-like star reveal a new twist.

May 23rd, 2013

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