Swift Satellite Detects Unusual Cosmic Explosion
The collapsing star scenario that is one of the leading contenders as the cause of gamma-ray bursts. Dr. Stan Woosley of the University of California at Santa Cruz proposed the collapsar theory in 1993. This artist's concept of the collapsar model shows the center of a dying star collapsing minutes before the star implodes and emits a gamma-ray burst that is seen across the universe. Credit: NASA/Dana Berry
Undersea Microbes Active but Living on the Slow Side
Shining a Light on Deep-Sea Vents: Science Meets Policy InterRidge to Unveil Responsible Research Statement at Upcoming AAAS Session
Brisingid sea stars in the Lau Basin / South Pacific vent system. Credit: "Ridge 2000" Lau expedition, taken with Jason II in 2005
Deep X-ray Surveys Reveal Black Hole Population, Glimpse at the Universe
Planet Discovered by a New Detection Technique
An artist’s rendition shows a planet orbiting a very young, active star pocked with dark star spots and speckled with flares and other surface activity.
New Method Developed for Exploring Frustrated Systems
This magnetic-force microscope image shows the magnetic moments of artificial spin ice. The peaks and valleys show the orientations of the magnetic moments. Credit: William McConville and Ruifang Wang, Penn State
Cosmic Jet Looks Like Giant Tornado in Space
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed an object that looks like a giant tornado in space. The helical structure actually results from shock waves where a powerful protostellar jet hits neighboring gas and dust. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / J. Bally (University of Colorado)
Supernova Survey Explodes with New Findings
SDSS-II images of a Type Ia supernova on the rise
Huge Star Cluster Discovered in Neighborhood of Milky Way
The figure, a map by Mario Juric of Princeton University, shows the counts of faint blue stars selected from a narrow magnitude and color range and corresponding to a distance from Earth of about 10 kpc. Credit: M. Juric/SDSS-II Collaboration
Unified Physics Theory Explains Animals' Running, Flying, Swimming
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