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- Remote Antarctic telescope reveals gas cloud where stars are born
- Rocks around the clock: Asteroids pound tiny star
- Space eye with 34 telescopes will investigate one million stars
| Remote Antarctic telescope reveals gas cloud where stars are born Posted: 20 Feb 2014 06:50 AM PST Using a telescope installed at the driest place on earth -- Ridge A in Antarctica -- astronomers have identified a giant gas cloud in our galaxy which appears to be in an early stage of formation. Giant clouds of molecular gas are the birthplaces of stars. The newly discovered gas cloud is about 200 light years in extent and ten light years across, with a mass about 50,000 times that of our sun. |
| Rocks around the clock: Asteroids pound tiny star Posted: 20 Feb 2014 06:50 AM PST Scientists have found evidence that a tiny star called PSR J0738-4042 is being pounded by asteroids -- large lumps of rock from space. The environment around this star is especially harsh, full of radiation and violent winds of particles. |
| Space eye with 34 telescopes will investigate one million stars Posted: 20 Feb 2014 05:32 AM PST The exploration of planets around stars other than the Sun, known as extrasolar planets or 'exoplanets', is one of the most exciting topics of 21st century science. One of the key goals of this research is to discover and learn the properties of Earth-like worlds in the Sun's neighbourhood. The European Space Agency will do this in preparing a new space mission named PLATO. |
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