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Universe is 1.5-times richer in Calcium than expected

Jolly — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:09:40 +0000

Astronomers at the SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research have made observations with the ESA’s XMM-Newton X-Ray observatory and have concluded that our Universe is 1.5 times richer in than previously expected. Our body elements...

Software developed to help new telescope image supernova explosions, solar system beyond Pluto!

Irani — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:05:00 +0000

The new Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will soon be getting the Observatory Control System software, as its design study has just been completed by the Cambridge-based scientific software consultancy Observatory Sciences. With the help...

Faint Stars May Be Responsible for Milky Way's X-Ray Fog

Irani — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 01:29:45 +0000

Two new studies suggest that millions of stars too faint to be seen, are collectively responsible for a haze of X-rays that suffuses the Milky Way galaxy. It is from a variety of sources that space is filled with a diffuse fog of X-rays. Some of...