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Why some galaxies age before their time
May 22, 2013 3 comments
Ancient collision could explain why some young galaxies look old
Cosmic flashes could herald birth of black holes
May 13, 2013 1 comment
Theory predicts hot flashes for black holes of all sizes
Cold-atom random laser simulates stellar clouds
May 9, 2013
Device could provide insights into astrophysics
Interfering atoms could help detect gravitational waves
May 3, 2013 8 comments
New scheme could be cheaper than laser-interferometer designs
ALPHA weighs in on antimatter
Apr 30, 2013 12 comments
CERN seeks answers to question of whether antihydrogen falls up or down
Dark lightning sheds light on gamma-ray mystery
Apr 17, 2013 5 comments
Aircraft passengers could be at risk of radiation exposure
Are there signs of SUSY in Planck data?
Apr 9, 2013 16 comments
Latest cosmic measurements could still offer up supersymmetry
AMS confirms positron excess
Apr 4, 2013 7 comments
Results could be a sign of dark-matter annihilation, but more data are needed
New class of 'mini supernovae' discovered
Apr 2, 2013 2 comments
White-dwarf companion star might survive subsequent explosion
Earth is closer to the edge of Sun's habitable zone
Mar 25, 2013 12 comments
Climate could become a "moist greenhouse"
Planck reveals 'almost perfect' universe
Mar 21, 2013 21 comments
Space mission releases first cosmology results
Micro black holes could form at lower-than-expected energies
Mar 15, 2013 16 comments
Colliding particles act like gravitational lenses and focus energy to form a single black hole
Cold hydrogen molecules found on hot stars
Mar 13, 2013 5 comments
Surprise discovery could improve our understanding of white dwarfs
Atmospheric electricity affects cloud height
Mar 6, 2013 8 comments
Study connects clouds and cosmic rays
New radiation ring spotted in Van Allen belt
Feb 28, 2013 7 comments
Temporary but long-lived "storage ring" of electrons seen








