Astronomers Mirror Echoes From 400-Year-Old Supernova

Astronomers at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have managed to recreate the death of a star...

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December 05th, 2008 - 12:29

Tycho Brahe’s Supernova Mystery, Resolved

A group of scientists from Japan, Germany and Holland presented a research about the supernova...

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December 04th, 2008 - 20:38

Ancient Supernova Explosion Called Forth by Scientists

A study recently published in Nature reported that the supernova star that was first spotted back...

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December 04th, 2008 - 19:07

Dying Star Sent Energetic Jet Directly Towards Earth

On March 19, NASA’s Swift Burst Alert Telescope witnessed an extraordinary burst of light 7.5...

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September 11th, 2008 - 14:00

Fermi Telescope Takes A Glance At Gamma-Ray Bursts In The Universe

The Universe is known to be the home of some incredible energy-generating phenomena, capable of...

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August 27th, 2008 - 13:00

Hubble Telescope Still Going Strong After 19 Years Of Activity

The Hubble Space Telescope started yesterday at 7:42 Eastern time its 100,000th trip around the...

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August 12th, 2008 - 15:45

NASA Says GLAST Is In Orbit

NASA announced that at 12:05 p.m. EDT, the Delta II rocket easily lifted the GLAST spacecraft off...

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June 11th, 2008 - 20:12

Astronomers Caught First Supernova In The Act of Exploding

When a gigantic star dies and blows up, the astronomers call it a "supernova." Over the...

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May 21st, 2008 - 22:14

NASA’s Chandra Discovers Youngest Supernova in Our Galaxy

The US space agency NASa announced the discovery of the most recent supernova in our galaxy. The...

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May 15th, 2008 - 00:48

Star Dies Halfway Across The Universe In Amazing Burst Of Light

NASA’s Swift satellite detected the farthest burst of light visible to the naked eye on March 19....

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March 22nd, 2008 - 07:42

NASA's Chandra Spots Brightest Stellar Explosion Ever

US space agency NASA announced that astronomers have witnessed the brightest ever explosion of one...

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May 08th, 2007 - 12:56

UT Gets $65M Grant to Assemble Kraken Supercomputer

The National Science Foundation gave the University of Tennessee $65 million to put together the...

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April 06th, 2008 - 21:44

Supernova - The Death Of A Star Brings Hope For The Future

Theoretically, scientists have managed to explain the death of a star by mere assumptions and...

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May 22nd, 2008 - 15:08

Chandra Spots Youngest Supernova In The Milky Way

Approximately 140 years ago, in the center of the Milky Way, a stellar explosion gave birth to...

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May 15th, 2008 - 13:56

Red Giant Star Found to Have Massive Tail

A dying star situated 400 light years away from us exhibits an unusual and massive tail of heated...

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August 16th, 2007 - 13:19