News articles tagged with 'radiation' (Page 54)
Astronomers find gaping hole in the Universe
— 24 Aug 2007 11:57 | AstronomyUniversity of Minnesota astronomers have found an enormous hole in the Universe, nearly a billion light-years across, empty of both normal matter such as stars, galaxies and gas, as…
AKARI presents detailed all-sky map in infrared
— 12 Jul 2007 07:01 | AstronomyOne year after the beginning of its scientific operations, the high-capability infrared satellite AKARI continues to produce stunning views of the infrared Universe. Launched in February…
Brightly coloured birds most affected by Chernobyl radiation
— 11 Jul 2007 05:53 | EnvironmentBrightly coloured birds are among the species most adversely affected by the high levels of radiation around the Chernobyl nuclear plant, ecologists have discovered. The findings -…
European Science Foundation helps Europe play lead role in new age of astronomical discovery
— 4 Jul 2007 07:01 | AstronomyAstronomy is entering a new golden age of discovery led by breakthroughs in telescopes and instruments making them capable of observing distant events early in the life of the universe.…
Cosmologists predict a static universe in 3 trillion years
— 24 May 2007 18:09 | AstronomyWhen Dutch astronomer Willem de Sitter proposed a static model of the universe in the early 1900s, he was some 3 trillion years ahead of his time. Now, physicists Lawrence Krauss from…