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- 'Freakish' asteroid discovered, resembles rotating lawn sprinkler
- When is a comet not a comet?
- New light on dark energy, cosmic speed-up: Big Bang afterglow shows Earth has no special place in expanding universe
| 'Freakish' asteroid discovered, resembles rotating lawn sprinkler Posted: 07 Nov 2013 09:31 AM PST Astronomers report the discovery of a never-before-seen "weird and freakish object" in the asteroid belt that resembles a rotating lawn sprinkler. |
| Posted: 07 Nov 2013 09:31 AM PST Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have observed a unique and baffling object in the asteroid belt that looks like a rotating lawn sprinkler or badminton shuttlecock. While this object is on an asteroid-like orbit, it looks like a comet, and is sending out tails of dust into space. |
| Posted: 07 Nov 2013 06:46 AM PST Astronomers have ruled out a controversial theory that the accelerating expansion of the universe is an illusion. While the findings don't explain the cosmic speed-up, they eliminate one provocative possibility that our planet, solar system and galaxy are at the center of the universe and that there is no dark energy. |
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