Wednesday 2 September 2015

Observatory: In the Prawn Nebula, a Nursery for Newborn Stars

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The Prawn Nebula is 6,000 light-years from Earth and home to bright clusters of newborn stars.










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Phagraphene, a 'relative' of graphene, discovered

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A group of scientists using computer generated simulation have predicted the existence of a new two-dimensional carbon material, a 'patchwork.'
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For 2-D boron, it's all about that base

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If two-dimensional boron can be made at all, the material's substrate will have a significant impact on its final form, according to scientists.
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The Solar System Poster

Here's a great poster featuring a beautiful image from deep space


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Thanks to Neil DeGrasse Tyson all of my astronomy books are useless! This poster is available with or without labels and is suitable for classroom displays. Order yours and try to come up with a new mnemonic device now that Aunt Sally has no Pizza.

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Butterfly Nebula in Scorpius Constellation Rectangular Sticker

Here's a great sheet of stickers featuring a beautiful image from deep space


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Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series NGC 6302, more popularly called the Bug Nebula or the Butterfly Nebula, lies within our Milky Way galaxy, roughly 3,800 light-years away in the constellation of Scorpius.
The central dying star cannot be seen because it's hidden within a doughnut-shaped ring of dust, which appears as a dark band pinching the nebula in the centre. The thick dust belt constricts the star's outflow, creating the classic "bipolar" or hourglass shape displayed by some planetary nebulae.
The nebula's reddish outer edges are largely due to light emitted by nitrogen, which marks the coolest gas visible in the picture. The white-coloured regions are areas where light is emitted by sulphur. These are regions where fast-moving gas overtakes and collides with slow-moving gas that left the star at an earlier time, producing shock waves in the gas (the bright white edges on the sides facing the central star).

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image credit: NGC 6302 was imaged on 27 July 2009 with Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 in ultraviolet and visible light. Filters that isolate emissions from oxygen, helium, hydrogen, nitrogen and sulphur were used to create this composite image.

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The Flare and the Galaxy

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Zazzle Space Gifts for young and old

Move over Milky Way, elliptical galaxies are the most habitable in the cosmos

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The search for extraterrestrial life is surely one of the most important tasks we humans can undertake. However, the cosmos is vast and we don't really have any idea which bits of it are actually habitable. But what if we could target the search? We have built the first-ever "cosmobiological" model mapping the galaxies in our local universe to help us understand which ones are habitable. Surprisingly, we found that our own galaxy was not one of the top candidates.

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CERN Summer Students share their stories

Way Themed, A Concrete Way To The Leading Straight Wall Graphic

Here's a great wall decal featuring a beautiful image from deep space


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A concrete way to the leading straight to a huge palace with garden on both its side. This and many more way and sky themed gift products available.

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Purple Galaxy Cluster Powis iPad Air 2 Case

Here's a great iPad case from Zazzle featuring a Hubble-related design. Maybe you'd like to see your name on it? Click to personalize and see what it's like!


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Galaxy Cluster MACS J0717 thanks to NASA and Hubble program.

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Prawn Nebula: Cosmic recycling

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Dominating this image is part of the nebula Gum 56, illuminated by the hot bright young stars that were born within it. For millions of years stars have been created out of the gas in this nebula, material which is later returned to the stellar nursery when the aging stars either expel their material into space or eject it as supernova explosions. This image was taken with the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope in Chile.

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Team sheds light on century-old biochemical mystery

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Given plenty of glucose and oxygen, yeast and cancer cells do not burn it all to produce energy

The post Team sheds light on century-old biochemical mystery has been published on Technology Org.

 
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Hubble 1 Orion Nebula M42 iPad Mini Cases

Here's a great iPad case from Zazzle featuring a Hubble-related design. Maybe you'd like to see your name on it? Click to personalize and see what it's like!


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Altered artwork using public domain Hubble images as base. NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

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