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Fresh Theories About Dark Matter
SpaceRef - 17 May 2015 21:07
Tom Broadhurst, the Ikerbasque researcher in the Department of Theoretical Physics of the UPV/EHU, together with Sandor Molnar of the National Taiwan University and visiting Ikerbasque researcher at the UPV/EHU in 2013, ...
Best Space Stories of the Week -- May 17, 2015
SPACE.com - 17 May 2015 16:42Best Space Photos of the Week -- May 17, 2015
SPACE.com - 17 May 2015 16:33
From the coast of Japan to a dragon selfie, don't miss these amazing space images of the week for May 17, 2015.
Russia probes space failures after rocket carrying satellite falls to Earth
Phys.org - 17 May 2015 12:08
Russia on Sunday began investigating the loss of a commercial satellite and a separate glitch on the International Space Station, sparking fears over the industry's safety.
Subaru Telescope Observes Superflare Stars with Large Starspots
SpaceRef - 17 May 2015 22:12
A team of astronomers has used the High Dispersion Spectrograph on the Subaru Telescope to conduct spectroscopic observations of Sun-like "superflare" stars first observed and cataloged by the Kepler Space Telescope....
Fiscal Uncertainty, Global Challenge, and the Value of Commercialization
Space News - 17 May 2015 19:12
"It's often a cliché, but transformation starts with a dramatic culture change. When I was in government and planning and programming for future Air Force Systems, many of today's advanced commercial options were unavai...
Magnetar Near Supermassive Black Hole Delivers Surprises
SpaceRef - 17 May 2015 18:47
In 2013, astronomers announced they had discovered a magnetar exceptionally close to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way using a suite of space-borne telescopes including NASA's Chandra X-ray Obser...
An Extremely Young Stellar Clump in the Distant Universe
SpaceRef - 17 May 2015 16:42
As part of an observing program carried out with the Subaru Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope, a group of researchers from the Service d'Astrophysique- Laboratoire AIM of CEA-IRFU led by Anita Zanella discovered t...