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Stellar nurseries for baby planets
conception of how gas and dust around a newborn star evolves into a planetary system. The three frames represent the appearance of a nearly edge-on system at three stages of protoplanetary evolution. Click here for a larger view of the edge on system...
Fading embers hold clues to puzzle of gamma-ray bursts
lasting ~400 s. An abrupt change in spectral shape is found when the tail becomes noticeable. Our analysis reveals that the spectral evolution in the tail of the burst mimics that of a cooling synchrotron spectrum, similar to the spectral evolution of the low-energy after...
Sled dogs carry astrobiology to dizzying heights
White Mountains. It was the first step in a new educational program called "Life on the Edge," which aims to expose grade school students to some of the basic principles of astrobiology and to explore the possibilities for life elsewhere in the Solar System. Ri...