NASA Telescopes Help Discover Surprisingly Young Galaxy
Posted by brandoniswrite on March 10, 2011
Astronomers have uncovered one of the youngest galaxies in the distant universe, with stars that formed 13.5 billion years ago, a mere 200 million years after the Big Bang. The finding addresses questions about when the first galaxies arose, and how the early universe evolved. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope was the first to spot the [...]
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NASA Telescopes Join Forces to Observe Unprecedented Explosion
Posted by brandoniswrite on October 22, 2010
NASA’s Swift, Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory have teamed up to study one of the most puzzling cosmic blasts yet observed. More than a week later, high-energy radiation continues to brighten and fade from its location. Astronomers say they have never seen anything this bright, long-lasting and variable before. Usually, gamma-ray bursts mark [...]
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Tags: Explosion, Forces, Join, NASA..., Observe, Telescopes, Unprecedented
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