Friday, August 1, 2014

ScienceDaily: Stars News

ScienceDaily: Stars News


Fermi satellite detects gamma-rays from exploding novae: Surprising discovery dispels long-held idea

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 12:00 PM PDT

Astronomers have discover very high energy gamma rays being emitted by an exploding star. The surprising discovery dispels the long-held idea that classical nova explosions are not powerful enough to produce such high-energy radiation.

Hubble shows farthest lensing galaxy yields clues to early universe

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 08:09 AM PDT

Astronomers have unexpectedly discovered the most distant galaxy that acts as a cosmic magnifying glass. Seen in a new image as it looked 9.6 billion years ago, this monster elliptical galaxy breaks the previous record holder by 200 million years.

Numerous unknown jets from young stars and planetary nebulae discovered

Posted: 31 Jul 2014 06:51 AM PDT

Preliminary research findings have identified hundreds of so far unknown jets from young stars, as well as numerous new planetary nebulae in the Galactic Plane.

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