A new kind of cosmic flash may reveal something never seen before: the birth of a black hole. When a massive star exhausts its fuel, it collapses Original post on scienceblog.com Comments on reddit.com
Astronomers have found a galaxy turning gas into stars with almost 100 percent efficiency, a rare phase of galaxy evolution that is the most extreme yet observed. The findings come from the IRAM Plateau de Bure interferometer in the French Alps, NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and NASA’s… Original post on phys.org Comments on reddit.com
Textbooks often cite that planetary nebulae (PNe, plural) represent an endstate for lower-mass single stars. But conversely, recent research suggests that most PNe stem from binary systems. The lowest mass star theorized to form the typical PN is near 1 solar mass, and thus without a companion the Sun… Original post on phys.org Comments on reddit.com
Radioactive iron may be first fossil imprint of a nearby cosmic explosion. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
I first came across Google’s interest in Star Trek back in the summer of 2010. A company spokesman wanted to show me the firm’s rapidly improving visual search and speech-recognition technology. At the time, those features were available only on Android phones, and, back then, Android was getting shellacked by… Original post on slate.com Comments on reddit.com
At least five people were stabbed at a northwest Harris County college on Tuesday, according to paramedics. Original post on tv.com Comments on reddit.com
Beloved Disney Mouseketeer and iconic teen star Annette Funicello has died at age 70, according to Disney’s official fan club’s Twitter feed. Original post on abclocal.go.com Comments on reddit.com
A NASA scientist says that real-life warp drive is Original post on consciouslifenews.com Comments on reddit.com
Disney has laid off the staff of LucasArts and cancelled all current projects. Original post on kotaku.com Comments on reddit.com
“We are the Explorers,” an Indiegogo campaign that aims to create a 30-second trailer about the US Space Program, reached its crowdfunding goal of $33,000 this morning, just five days after… Original post on theverge.com Comments on reddit.com
ESA Science features news and resources to inspire the general public and inform the media on the latest discoveries in space exploration, in particular in the search for life on other planets and the origins of the universe. Original post on esa.int Comments on reddit.com
Astronomers get a glimpse of infant stars. Original post on sciencerecorder.com Comments on reddit.com
Astronomers announced the discovery of a very rare Type Ibn supernova Original post on sci-news.com Comments on reddit.com
An old star gets a little younger. Original post on sciencerecorder.com Comments on reddit.com
A rare distorted supernova explosion leads scientists to believe they may be witnessing the birth of a black hole for the first time ever. Read this article by Dara Kerr on CNET News. Original post on cnet.com Comments on reddit.com
Astronomers have discovered solar-mass hypervelocity stars speeding through the Milky Way unmoored from any gravitational pull Original post on space.com Comments on reddit.com
A habitable exoplanet should be near enough for future telescopes to probe its atmosphere for signs of life Original post on newscientist.com Comments on reddit.com
If ET phones home today, his long distance charge might not be as much as people believed when Steven Spielberg’s classic film came out three decades ago. Original post on huffingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
A Star Trek style ‘tractor beam’, which uses light to attract objects, is developed by scientists at the University of St Andrews. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
At least three people have been shot at Lone Star Community in North Harris County, according to Precinct 4 deputy constables.
Dozens of law enforcement officers are searching for the gunman who got away.
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A new analysis of Kepler data shows that about 17 percent of stars have an Earth-sized planet in an orbit closer than Mercury. Original post on nasa.gov Comments on reddit.com
The galaxy’s most common type of star system often includes potentially habitable Earth-sized planets. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
Hubble Comes Close to Spying First Stars – ScienceNOW Original post on sciencemag.org Comments on reddit.com
Another Earth Just 12 Light-Years Away? – ScienceNOW Original post on sciencemag.org Comments on reddit.com
