All posts tagged "star"
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Astronomy and Space
Quasars slowed star formation: First observed evidence of galactic-wind phenomenon
March 22, 2016In an artist’s conception, heated galactic wind shown in the hazy portion of the picture emanates...
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Astronomy and Space
Tracing star formation rates in distant galaxies
March 22, 2016An image of distant galaxies forming stars. Credit: NASA, ESA and Bahram Mobasher When we think...
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Astronomy and Space
Astronomers find a star with a record variation period
March 20, 2016Robotelescope MASTER II, created by a joint force of the Lomonosow Moscow State University, Sternberg Astronomical...
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Astronomy and Space
Star astronaut Scott Kelly: Time right to retire from NASA
March 16, 2016In this Wednesday, March 2, 2016, file photo provided by NASA, International Space Station (ISS) crew...
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Astronomy and Space
What the ‘weather’ is like on a star can help in the search for life
March 16, 2016An artist’s illustration of Kappa Ceti whose stellar winds are 50 times stronger than our sun’s....
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Astronomy and Space
Young sun-like star shows a magnetic field was critical for life on the early Earth
March 15, 2016In this artist’s illustration, the young Sun-like star Kappa Ceti is blotched with large starspots, a...
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Astronomy and Space
SOFIA observatory indicates star eruptions create and scatter elements with earth-like composition
March 8, 2016An image from the Hubble Space Telescope showing debris expanding into space from a typical nova...
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Physics
Star Trek’s vision becomes reality
March 3, 2016Juniorprof. Dr Alexander Szameit (r.) and Dr Marco Ornigotti from University of Jena (Germany)with models of...