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Cycle me This, Cycle me That

Posted by Warren Wong on Saturday, November 13, 2010, In : the Sun 

Cycles of Life

Everything cycles until death

Astrophysicists studying stars use the closest star to Earth as their main test subject, Sol. Astronomers met recently during the American Astronomical Society meeting on May 26 in Miami to discuss the usefulness and reliability of three new techniques being used by current solar scientists to delve into the mysteries of the sun. "Scientists hope these three new techniques will help them predict the future behavior of Sol and jet streams, r...


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The Biggest Bang of Them All?

Posted by Warren Wong on Saturday, November 6, 2010, In : Star Astronomy 
Television and the universe will never be the same
Did the universe begin in the biggest bang of them all?

The "Big Bang Theory" Hits Home

Ever heard of the "Big Bang Theory", the television show starring Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons as two nerdy physicists being taught the meaning of a big bang by the sexy and memorable Kaley Cuoco as Penny. We'll astronomers have a theory about the biggest bang of them all, they call the "Big Bang". A theory about the beginning of space and...


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The First Possible Cradle for a New Human Genesis?

Posted by Warren Wong on Thursday, November 4, 2010, In : Star Astronomy 
Photos NASA
Six exo-planets are circling red dwarf star Gliese 581 20 light years distant in the constellation Libra
 
The human search for an exo-planet capable of being a cradle for a new human genesis found what many consider to be the first exo-planet with the physical makeup to make it possible. A team of planet hunters from the University of California (UC) Santa Cruz and the Carnegie Institute of Washington recently announced to the world the discovery of an exo-planet they believe ha...

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Something Unusual, Something New

Posted by Warren Wong on Monday, November 1, 2010, In : Star Astronomy 
NASA photo
Supernovas are some of the most powerful and visually striking events observed during the human voyage to the beginning of the universe. Releasing more energy in a single moment than Sol will over its entire lifetime, a supernova is luminous enough to shine brighter in the night sky than entire galaxies during one moment in space and time, before slowly fading from view over several weeks or months. The force of a supernova expels a large percentage of a star's mass into the darknes...

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