Researchers publish enormous catalog of more than 300,000 nearby galaxies

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More than 83,000 volunteer citizen scientists. Over 16 million galaxy classifications. Information on more than 300,000 galaxies. This is what you get when you ask the public for help in learning more about our universe.



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Spinning CDs to clean sewage water

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Audio CDs, all the rage in the '90s, seem increasingly obsolete in a world of MP3 files and iPods, leaving many music lovers with the question of what to do with their extensive compact disk collections. While you could turn your old disks into a work of avant-garde art, researchers in Taiwan have come up with a more practical application: breaking down sewage. The team will present its new wastewater treatment device at the Optical Society's (OSA) Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics (FiO) 2013, being held Oct. 6-10 in Orlando, Fla.



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NASA Selects Operations and Maintenance Services for West Virginia Site

NASA has selected West Virginia University Research Corporation (WVURC) of Morgantown, W.Va., to provide operations and maintenance services at the agency’s Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Facility in Fairmont, W.Va.

via NASA Breaking News

http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/september/nasa-selects-operations-and-maintenance-services-for-west-virginia-site

Orion, from head to toes (portrait orientation) poster

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Orion, from head to toes (portrait orientation) poster

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An incredible and colorful deep wide field image of the Constellation of Orion.

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Crab Nebula Room Decals

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Crab Nebula Room Decals

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The Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus. The nebula was observed by John Bevis in 1731; it corresponds to a bright supernova recorded by Arab, Chinese and Japanese astronomers in 1054. The Crab Nebula is one of the most intricately structured and highly dynamical objects ever observed.

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Researchers make headway in quantum information transfer via nanomechanical coupling

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Fiber optics has made communication faster than ever, but the next step involves a quantum leap –– literally. In order to improve the security of the transfer of information, scientists are working on how to translate electrical quantum states to optical quantum states in a way that would enable ultrafast, quantum-encrypted communications.



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Carina Nebula Case For The iPad Mini

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Carina Nebula Case For The iPad Mini

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Latest re-worked release from NASA/Hubble featuring: "Cosmic Ice Sculptures: Dust Pillars in the Carina Nebula".

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NASA Announces Advanced Composite Research Partnership

NASA has selected six companies from five U.S. states to participate in a government-and-industry partnership to advance composite materials research and certification.

via NASA Breaking News

http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/september/nasa-announces-advanced-composite-research-partnership

Carbon nanotube logic device operates on subnanowatt power

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(Phys.org) —Researchers have demonstrated a new carbon nanotube (CNT)-based logic device that consumes just 0.1 nanowatts (nW) in its static ON and OFF states, representing the lowest reported value by 3 orders of magnitude for CNT-based CMOS logic devices. The device could serve as a building block for large-area, ultralow-power CNT logic circuits that can be used to realize a variety of nanoelectronics applications.



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Simulation sets atoms shivering

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(Phys.org) —In "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (JK Rowling, 1997), Harry, Ron, and Hermione encounter a massive stone chessboard, one of many obstacles in their path. To advance, they must play, and win. Although the board and pieces are much larger than normal, and the circumstances a bit peculiar, one thing remains clear to them—this is a game of chess, with the same rules as always.



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Hubble eyes a smoldering star

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(Phys.org) —This new image, snapped by NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the star HD 184738, also known as Campbell's hydrogen star. It is surrounded by plumes of reddish gas—the fiery red and orange hues are caused by glowing gases, including hydrogen and nitrogen.



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Galaxy winds

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(Phys.org) —The most luminous galaxies in our universe are not particularly bright in the visible. Most of their energy output (which can be hundreds or even thousands of times more than our Milky Way's) is emitted at infrared wavelengths. The power source of these galaxies is hyperactive bursts of star formation and/or activity around a massive black hole at a galaxy's nucleus, a so-called active galactic nucleus (AGN). The radiation from these processes is absorbed by dust that then re-emits it in the infrared. Astronomers suspect that many normal galaxies, even including our own, have undergone a phase of luminous activity at some time in their past.



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Dating our galaxy's dormant volcano

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(Phys.org) —A dormant volcano—a supermassive black hole—lies at the heart of our galaxy. Fresh evidence suggests that it last erupted two million years ago.



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Carina Nebula - Breathtaking Universe Star Sticker

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Carina Nebula - Breathtaking Universe Star Sticker

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Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series A gorgeous set of oval stickers showing the area surrounding the stellar cluster NGC 2467, located in the southern constellation of Puppis ("The Stern"). With an age of a few million years at most, it is a very active stellar nursery, where new stars are born continuously from large clouds of dust and gas.

The image, looking like a colourful cosmic ghost or a gigantic celestial Mandrill, contains the open clusters Haffner 18 (centre) and Haffner 19 (middle right: it is located inside the smaller pink region - the lower eye of the Mandrill), as well as vast areas of ionised gas.

The bright star at the centre of the largest pink region on the bottom of the image is HD 64315, a massive young star that is helping shaping the structure of the whole nebular region.

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Eta Carinae Nebula Wall Skin

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Eta Carinae Nebula Wall Skin

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This spectacular panoramic view combines a new image of the field around the Wolf–Rayet star WR 22 in the Carina Nebula (right) with an earlier picture of the region around the unique star Eta Carinae in the heart of the nebula (left).

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Ptolemaic System Chart (1660) Posters

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Ptolemaic System Chart (1660) Posters

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Ptolemaic System by Johannes van Loon(1611-1686) a chart published 1660 in Amsterdam showing signs of the zodiac and the solar system with world at centre.

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NASA Curiosity rover detects no methane on Mars

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Data from NASA's Curiosity rover has revealed the Martian environment lacks methane. This is a surprise to researchers because previous data indicated positive detections.

via Science Daily

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Carina Nebula Cover For iPad

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Carina Nebula Cover For iPad

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A lovely detail of an image of the Carina Nebula thanks to NASA/Hubble.

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