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Daily Archives: April 7, 2013
Green Peas Shed Light On Universe Beginnings
Image Source In 2007, astronomers made a discovery of what they called the Green Pea galaxies. These galaxies are those that are undergoing high rates of star formation and help us understand reionization–which is an extremely important process in the development of our universe. Reionization by definition is “the process that reionized matter in the […]
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Posted in Galaxies, Historical
Tagged astro201, Astronomy Thoughts, big bang, blog8, Green Pea, Microscopic, Observations, Origins, phases
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A Black Hole’s Diet
Source Incredible! While studying a distant galaxy, astronomers noticed a bright flare of X-rays coming from another galaxy that happened to be in their field of view. Upon closer look, they discovered that it was actually a black hole ‘eating up’ what they believe to be either an extremely large planet or a smaller brown […]
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Posted in Physics, Space Travel, Stars
Tagged astro201, Astronomy Thoughts, black hole, blog7, discovery, mealtime, Observations, planets, yum
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Saturn’s Rings
I think I speak for a lot of people (or maybe I don’t) but I honestly thought Saturn’s rings were legit rings, made up of a solid material that didn’t break and rotated around Saturn. It is amazing … Continue reading →
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Triton: The Unexpected Volcanic World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eXac1DGcjM When we think of volcanic activity, we expect molten lava to come out. However, this video from the Science Channel explains that instead of lava, Triton actually produces nitrogen gas to the atmospheric as well as “moon dust.” As … Continue reading →
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Why is Europa so Awesome?
A lot of the science community is excited about the possibility of life of Mars. But, as we know, the vast majority of Mars’s atmosphere is composed of carbon dioxide and what water it does have is frozen in its polar ice caps. An arguably much more exciting destination in our own Solar System is […]
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Tagged astro201, blog7, Europa, extraterrestriallife, oxygen, Solar System, water
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