Astronomers scan sky for birth of supernova
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Astronomers are closely watching three sections of the sky after detecting three short but powerful X-ray bursts that may be harbingers of supernovas that could happen in the next few days.
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A cosmic explosion that seems to have come out of nowhere&#x2014;thousands of light-years from the nearest collection of stars&#x2014;has left astronomers baffled.
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As winter begins, the early morning sky is loaded with planets. Some are unmistakably bright, but a few will require some sleuthing.
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Anno Domini 185, no less Astronomers think they have identified the remains of the first ever supernova recorded by people on Earth.â¦
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A giant hydrogen gas cloud will create new stars when it hits our galaxy in 20-40 million years' time.
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A team of astronomers from France and South Africa announced the first catalog of a new type of gamma-ray source, a dozen clouds of ârelicâ radiation from dead stars that reveal information about the energetic past of these celestial objects. These findings were presented on Feb.
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One of the world's most powerful telescopes began spying on the universe on Friday, using its 34-foot wide mirror to search for planets similar to our own from a mountaintop on one of Spain's Canary Islands.
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CLOUDCROFT, N.M. - An observatory being refurbished near Cloudcroft is getting a new mission - providing telescope time for budding astronomers around the world.
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Teams of international scientists have   used observations from NASA's Swift satellite and other   telescopes to witness the evolution of a cosmic blast into a   stellar explosion or supernova.
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An international team of astronomers is announcing today that they have identified the probable surviving companion star to a titanic supernova explosion witnessed in the year 1572 by the great Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe and other astronomers of that
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One of the world's most powerful telescopes will begin spying on the universe on Friday, using its 34-foot wide mirror to search for planets similar to our own from a mountaintop on one of Spain's Canary Islands.
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This human interest story describes a night in the life of scientists and engineers working 'round the clock to test NASA's next great space telescope.
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A supernova spotted by the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe more than four centuries ago that changed the course of human knowledge has just yielded a further discovery - the apparent discovery of the companion star that triggered the great event.
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An international team of astronomers has identified the surviving companion star to the 1572 supernova explosion witnessed by the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe.
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THE fastest-swivelling space science observatory rocketed into orbit yesterday to scan the universe for violent celestial explosions, which astronomers believe represent the birth screams of black holes.
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[World News]: Washington, Nov 4 : An international team of astronomers has suceeded solving the 100 yearl old mystery about the origin of the cosmic rays by producing the first ever image of an astronomical object using high energy gamma rays.
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Scientists give details of a new mission to investigate colossal explosions on the surface of the Sun.