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'New Physics' Observations Challenge Standard Model of Universe 26 Aug 2013 | 08:14 pm
"Physics beyond the Standard Model" embraces the theoretical developments needed to explain the deficiencies of the Standard Model, such as the origin of mass, neutrino os...
Alien Moons --'Habitable Hotspot' Prospects in New Kepler Mission Data (Today's Most Popular) 26 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
Exomoons are prime suspects in our search for extraterrestrial life. Astronomers have their fingers crossed that within the haul of data collected by NASA's Kepler mission, which has alr...
Image of the Day: Jupiter's Io --The Volcanic Epicenter of the Solar System Hosts a Massive New Eruption 26 Aug 2013 | 12:09 pm
A massive new eruption on Jupiter's moon Io covering more than a 30 square kilometer area was captured by Dr. Imke de Pater, Professor of Astronomy and of Earth and Planetary Science at the Univ...
The Oldest Star in the Universe? --"A Primeval Dwarf Galaxy Sucked into the Emerging Milky Way" 25 Aug 2013 | 08:56 pm
"We have found that this is the oldest known star with a well-determined age," said Howard Bond of Pennsylvania State University and the Space Telescope Science Institute. The st...
Image of the Day: Infrared Eyes --Amazing Discoveries of the Spitzer Space Telescope 25 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
Ten years after a Delta II rocket launched NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, lighting up the night sky over Cape Canaveral, Fla., the fourth of the agency's four Great Observatories continues to i...
Your Inner Neaderthal --"Compelling Evidence Found for Interbreeding With Humans" (Weekend Feature) 24 Aug 2013 | 08:42 pm
Researchers believe they have pinpointed the skeletal remains of the first known human-Neanderthal hybrid, according to a study published this May in the peer reviewed scientific j...
"Life is Older than Earth Itself" -- Moore's Law (Today's Most Popular) 23 Aug 2013 | 08:42 pm
As life has evolved, its complexity has increased exponentially, just like Moore’s law which states that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit doubles approxim...
Alien Atmosphere Pressure --Sign of a Habitable Planet? 23 Aug 2013 | 07:37 pm
"Atmospheric pressure affects the liquid water temperature range that is commonly used to define planetary habitability," says Giovanni Vladilo of the Trieste Astronomical Observatory in Italy. "S...
Image of the Day --A Dwarf Galaxy Mashup 23 Aug 2013 | 06:42 pm
Astronomical pictures sometimes deceive us with tricks of perspective. Right in the center of this image, two spiral galaxies appear to be suffering a spectacular collision, with a host of stars...
NASA Reboots Space Telescope to Hunt for Deadly Near-Earth Objects --"A Once Every Million Year Impact Event" 22 Aug 2013 | 09:16 pm
A NASA spacecraft that discovered and characterized tens of thousands of asteroids throughout the solar system before being placed in hibernation will return to service for three more ...
