Wednesday, November 2, 2011

The Daily Galaxy: News from Planet Earth & Beyond

The Daily Galaxy: News from Planet Earth & Beyond


Interstellar Dust --Catalyst for Complex Organic Chemistry in the Universe

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:34 AM PDT

"Astronomers and astrochemists are working to try and understand the origin of chemical complexity. If that chemistry is the same wherever we look in our galaxy, and if we can reproduce it in the laboratory, then that chemistry can seed...

The Brightest Lights in the Universe --Black-Hole Powered Quasars (Today's Most Popular)

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:00 AM PDT

Movement of black holes power the persistent lights in the universe. Black holes not only spin, they can also move laterally across their host galaxy. And according to astrophysicists at Brigham Young University, both types of movement power massive jets...

Weird Spiral Star Discovered --14-Billion-Miles Wide

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:00 AM PDT

Two spiral arms emerge from the gas-rich disk around SAO 206462, a young star in the constellation Lupus. This image, acquired by the Subaru Telescope and its HiCIAO instrument, is the first to show spiral arms in a circumstellar disk....

Image of the Day: China Lanches Shenzhou 8 --A Major Stepping Stone for Its Space Station

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:14 AM PDT

On Tuesday, the China National Space Administration successfully launched a rocket carrying its unmanned Shenzhou-8 spacecraft into low-earth orbit, where it is in position to rendezvous and dock with the Tiangong-1 module launched in late September, testing the procedures needed...

Wednesday News Flash --Sci, Space, Tech

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:04 AM PDT

Megapixel Monster: Skywatcher Illuminates Dark Sky Atop La Palma This image captures a magnificent glow of the night sky. The stunning photo was taken by skywatcher Tunc Tezel from the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands. La Palma...

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