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• Science media centers & the press, part 2

  
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  With a mission to provide the press and the public with high-quality scientific information and sources, the Science Media Centers in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan have become influential, but controversial players in the world of journalism. While some reporters find them helpful, others believe ...
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• Science media centers & the press, part 1

  
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  With a mission to provide the press and the public with high-quality scientific information and sources, the Science Media Centers in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan have become influential, but controversial players in the world of journalism. While some reporters find them helpful, others believe ...
  2 days ago

• Flare Star WX UMa Released Solar Flare Which Increased The Star’s Brightness 15-Fold In Less Than 3 Minutes

  
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  The flare star WX UMa was recently observed releasing a solar flare (stellar flare) that was so powerful that the star itself became 15 times brighter in a matter of just a couple of minutes. The flare was observed by researchers at the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain, and the Byurakan Observatory in ...
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• NASA finds “unprecedented” black hole cluster near Andromeda’s central bulge

  
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  X-ray image of Andromeds core with black hole candidates circled Nasa NASA has discovered an unprecedentedly large cluster of black holes in our nearest galactic neighbor, Andromeda. The 26 black hole candidates were spotted with the  Chandra X-ray Observatory , which made more than 150 ...
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• An enhanced image from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory...

  
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  An enhanced image from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the Moon transiting in front of the Sun.   (Photo: NASA via The Telegraph)
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• Chandra X-ray Observatory turns up black hole bonanza in galaxy next door

  
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  Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have discovered an unprecedented bonanza of black holes in the Andromeda Galaxy, one of the nearest galaxies to the Milky Way. Using more than 150 Chandra observations, spread over 13 years, researchers identified 26 black hole candidates, the largest ...
  5 days ago

• Herschel Space Observatory discovers pools of Invisible Hydrogen Gas in the Milky Way Galaxy

  
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  Pasadena, CA – Newly formed stars shine brightly, practically crying out, “Hey, look at me!” But not everything in our Milky Way galaxy is easy to see. The bulk of material between the stars in the galaxy — the cool hydrogen gas from which stars spring — is nearly impossible to find. A new study from the ...
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• Daily cosmobite: dark energy

  
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  About two thirds of the energy in the Universe is made up of mysterious dark energy. Astronomers discovered this force only in the last decade or so when they realised that galaxies are not only moving away from each other but at an increasing rate. It is dark energy that is pushing the galaxies apart. Distant ...
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• MRSA MRSA MRSA!

  
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  This is the first installment in an occasional series about antimicrobial resistance, which is one of the planets most challenging public health threats. Maybe you dont worry much about MRSA. Or maybe youve never heard of it, let alone reported on it. If you are on the healthcare beat, though, maybe its time. ...
  6 days ago

• The latest from NASA’s Earth Observatory (11 June 2013)

  
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    The latest from NASA’s Earth Observatory (11 June 2013) ———————————————————————— Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Surging Elbe in Wittenberg   ...
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• Several Black Holes Discovered In Andromeda Galaxy

  
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  The largest collection of potential black holes ever found outside of our own galaxy have been discovered by astronomers in the neighboring Andromeda Galaxy. Scientists found at least 26 possible new black holes in the galaxy. A black hole is a region of space having a gravitational field so intense that no matter or ...
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• 6 Random Moments at the Broome Bird Observatory!

  
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  Blue Sky, Blue Sea - and RED Pindan, Roebuck Bay, Broome Bird Observatory 1 The Gun Birder* As far as I could tell, driving abouncing 4WD with 4 passengers along a rough station track in searchof Australias rarest bird wasnt cramping the gun birders style onebit. All I could see were the vast, rolling ...
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• NASA observes dormaint Black Hole in the middle of Sculptor Galaxy’s Star Forming Chaos

  
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  Pasadena, CA – Nearly a decade ago, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory caught signs of what appeared to be a black hole snacking on gas at the middle of the nearby Sculptor galaxy. Now, NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), which sees higher-energy X-ray light, has taken a peek and found the ...
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• The Lowest Heaven - Launch Day!

  
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  The Lowest Heaven  is out today! Our latest anthology is published to coincide with the Visions of the Universe  exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, and the book is officially released this evening at the Museums late night event . Tonights shindig features readings from several of the contributors, ...
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• NASA’s Chandra Turns Up Black Hole Bonanza in Galaxy Next Door

  
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  Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have discovered an unprecedented bonanza of black holes in the Andromeda Galaxy, one of the nearest galaxies to the Milky Way. Using more than 150 Chandra observations, spread over 13 years, researchers identified 26 black hole candidates, the largest ...
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• Big John above the Cloud by PeteTsai on Flickr.

  
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  Big John above the Cloud by PeteTsai on Flickr.
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• Daily cosmobite: from what is the Universe made?

  
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  Surprisingly ordinary matter like the matter in what we see around us such as people and buildings makes up only five per cent of the Universe. According to the results from the Planck space mission released in March 2013, the remainder is made of 27 per cent mysterious dark matter and 68 per cent of even more ...
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• Some Really Bad Suggestions for the Newly Discovered Class of Star

  
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  A Swiss team of astronomers has discovered a new class of star by studying open cluster NGC 3766 over the course of seven years from the Geneva Observatory . The study looked at more than 3,000 stars in the cluster, but it was the action of 36 of them that stood out as a new class. The class is yet to be given a ...
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• The Most Unique Eclipse Image You’ll Ever See

  
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  This is an image of a unique eclipse as viewed by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, with a model of the moon from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter replacing the lunar shadow. Credit: NASA/SDO/LRO/GSFC You’ve probably never before seen an image like the one above. That’s because it is the first time ...
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• The fracking story comes closer to home

  
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  PROVO, UT -- On Monday, The New York Times wrote about an "unlikely resistance" building in "energy-friendly" Greeley, CO. "As [oil and gas] companies here and across the energy-rich West look for new places to drill," reported the Times s Jack Healy, "they are increasingly looking toward more densely populated ...
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