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- Hubble sees light and dust in a nearby starburst galaxy
- Mapping the chemistry needed for life at Jupiter's moon Europa
- Dead star warps light of companion red star, astronomers say
| Hubble sees light and dust in a nearby starburst galaxy Posted: 05 Apr 2013 11:39 AM PDT The Hubble Space Telescope has taken an image of a small, sparkling hook in the dark sky -- a beautiful object is known as J082354.96+280621.6, or J082354.96 for short. It is a starburst galaxy, so named because of the incredibly (and unusually) high rate of star formation occurring within it. |
| Mapping the chemistry needed for life at Jupiter's moon Europa Posted: 05 Apr 2013 11:34 AM PDT A new paper led by a NASA researcher shows that hydrogen peroxide is abundant across much of the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. The authors argue that if the peroxide on the surface of Europa mixes into the ocean below, it could be an important energy supply for simple forms of life, if life were to exist there. |
| Dead star warps light of companion red star, astronomers say Posted: 05 Apr 2013 06:47 AM PDT Astronomers have observed the effects of a dead star bending the light of its companion red star. The findings are among the first detections of this effect -- a result predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity -- in binary, or double, star systems. |
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