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  • August 2008

    • Dutch Teacher Discovers Green 'Space Ghost'

      NPR  |  Aug 10, 08 2:14 PM CDT

      Dutch Teacher Discovers Green 'Space Ghost'

      (Newser) - A Dutch schoolteacher earned her moment in the sun by discovering a cosmic ball of gas some have labeled a space “ghost,” NPR reports. Hanny van Arkel, 25, was working as a volunteer with a galaxy-classifying website when she came upon what “looked like a regular galaxy but much bluer.” Experts say it consists of hot gas that is perhaps reflecting the light of a distant galaxy. More »

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      Netherlands  • teacher  • black hole  • galaxy  • outer space  • Ghost  • quasars

  • April 2008

    • Black Mini Still Has Hole Lotta Power

      Reuters  |  Apr 2, 08 10:10 AM CDT

      Black Mini Still Has Hole Lotta Power

      (Newser) - Astronomers have spotted the smallest black hole ever discovered, Reuters reports. It is just 15 miles across—the size of a city—but still has a pull strong enough to "stretch your body into a strand of spaghetti," said a NASA researcher. The relative pipsqueak weighs about as much as four suns, while black holes often weigh billions of times more. More »

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      NASA  • space  • astronomy  • black hole  • star  • Milky Way

  • March 2008

    • Particle Collider Prompts Doomsday Suit

      New York Times  |  Mar 30, 08 2:45 PM CDT

      Particle Collider Prompts Doomsday Suit

      (Newser) - A particle smasher in Switzerland could suck up Earth and possibly the whole universe, a US lawsuit claims. The suit warns that the $8 billion Large Hadron Collider near Geneva could spark a matter-sucking black hole or a "strangelet" that turns our planet into "strange matter." But one Princeton scientist dismisses the claim, saying the Collider is as likely to "make dragons that might eat us up," the New York Times reports. More »

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      Hawaii  • physics  • Large Hadron Collider  • particle accelerator  • black hole  • CERN

  • October 2007

    • Black Hole Smashes Record

      Space.com  |  Oct 31, 07 6:38 AM CDT

      Black Hole Smashes Record

      (Newser) - A newly discovered stellar-mass black hole shatters the weight record for holes formed from dying stars—and defies explanation by current theories. Faced with its mysterious heft,  astrophysicists can only conclude that stellar-mass black holes "can be much larger than we had realized," Space.com reports. More »

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      NASA  • physics  • star  • black hole  • astrophysics  • universe

  • September 2007

    • Scientists Stumped by Blast From Outer Space

      PhysOrg  |  Sep 29, 07 5:15 PM CDT

      Scientists Stumped by Blast From Outer Space

      (Newser) - A bizarre burst from outer space has scientists talking black holes and colliding stars, Physorg reports — and may even help us "determine the amount of material in intergalactic space," one researcher says. The radio waves, which were measured in milliseconds, might be a blast from 2 superdense neutron stars or the "last gasp" of a dying black hole.  More »

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      space  • astronomy  • black hole  • radio spectrum  • radio telescope

  • August 2007

    • Enormous Hole Found in Cosmos

      Space.com  |  Aug 24, 07 3:32 AM CDT

      Enormous Hole Found in Cosmos

      (Newser) - Astronomers have discovered a mysterious gigantic hole in the universe, reports Space.com. Unlike black holes, created by super dense material, this hole is devoid of matter. It measures nearly a billion light years wide and is 10 billion light years from earth. The hole was discovered by examining input from the Very Large Array radio telescope in New Mexico and satellite radiation readings. More »

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      space  • astronomy  • black hole  • universe  • dark matter  • Very Large Array

    • Destroy Earth: 10 Easy Methods

      LiveScience  |  Aug 6, 07 9:34 AM CDT

      Destroy Earth: 10 Easy Methods

      (Newser) - Destroying life on earth is one thing; obliterating the planet entirely is quite another. Bring out your inner supervillain with any of these 10 strategies. Hurl the earth into the sun. Release a Von Neumann machine beneath the earth's crust. Smash something large (such as Mars) into the earth. Eject large chunks of earth into space until the whole thing's gone. Maneuver the earth into a giant black hole, a la The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy . More »

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      list  • environment  • global warming  • Earth  • planet  • black hole  • destruction

  • May 2007

    • King of Supernovas Sheds Light on Early Stars

      Space.com  |  May 8, 07 8:19 AM CDT

      King of Supernovas Sheds Light on Early Stars

      (Newser) - Researchers are reporting the biggest stellar explosion ever recorded—a discovery which could shed light on how the universe was shaped. The star, 150 times more massive than the sun, went out with a bang 100 times more powerful than typical supernovas. Astronomers think the first stars after the Big Bang, which were also gargantuan, met similar fates. More »

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      NASA  • space  • physics  • black hole  • star  • Milky Way  • Big Bang  • supernova

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