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Einstein Makes Extra Dimensions Toe the Line
Has ESA's XMM-Newton Cast Doubt Over Dark Energy?
Astronomers Discover Most Distant Galaxy Showing Key Evidence For Furious Star
Formation
Trail of Black Holes and Neutron Stars Points to Ancient Collision
Pulsar Find Boosts Hope for Gravity-Wave Hunters
- read the press release: December 3, 2003
- read the Jodrell Bank Observatory press release concerning these
findings here
- view a jpeg image representation of a binary pulsar system
orbiting each other (the ripples in the green-mesh represent
gravitational waves in the fabric of space-time) and then
colliding (resulting in large gravitational waves rocking the fabric of spacetime)
- read a news article about these findings from
Space.com and
MSNBC [PDF files]
An Universe Comes Undone, Electrons Cling More Tightly To Protons
- read the press release: November
24, 2003
- read a little more about dark energy and quintessence in this Science News
article from April 7, 2001
- read another article (with accompanying related stories) from Nature from
July 2003
Galactic Winds Blow Away Idea of 'Island Universe'
Most Distant X-Ray Jet Yet Discovered Provides Clues to Big Bang
Observing a GRB with Sunglasses: Unique 5-Week VLT Study of the Polarization of a
Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglow
Gamma-Ray Bursts, X-Ray Flashes, Supernovae Not As Different As They Appear
Quest Begins To Unmask Dark Matter, And Perhaps Supersymmetry
ESA's new view of the Milky Way - in gamma rays!
- read the press release: November 11, 2003
- learn more about the Integral mission
- click here
for high-resolution JPEG and TIFF images associated with this release
- What are gamma
rays? What are gamma-ray bursts
(one of the phenomena INTEGRAL is to study)?
- click here
for a recent Integral image taken in "hard X-ray" light of the central region of the Milky Way
Galaxy; included in the image is a "hiccup" in X-ray light coming from the
"Sagitarrius A*" (abbreviated Sgr A*) supermassive black hole at the center of the
Milky Way Galaxy as a result of it gobbling up material that wandered
too close
UCB: Dark Matter Forms 'Ghost Universe'
- read the press release: November 5, 2003
- visit Dr. Ma's web
page for additional information in dark matter, including a movie
animation (avi format) of the evolution of dark matter
- read an April 2003 article
in The Economist concerning Dr. Ma's dark matter findings
ESA's Integral Discovers Hidden Black Holes
Expansion of Universe Was Once Sluggish, Now Speeding Up: Astronomers Report Cosmic
Growth Spurts
Distant Star Bursts Provide Key to the Origin of Galaxies
First Supernovae Quickly Seeded Universe With Stuff of Life
"Iron-Clad" Evidence for a Spinning Black Hole
- read the press release: September 17, 2003
- see illustrated images
accompanying this release comparing a non-spinning black hole to a
spinning black hole!
- visit the Chandra X-ray Observatory's
black hole questions and answers web page for profound answers to all
those baffling black hole questions that have been hovering at the event
horizon of human imagination (a very good resource)
Homing In On Dark Energy With Supernova Studies in Space
The 2003 Gamma-Ray Burst Conference: 30 Years of Discovery
read some press releases and news articles about conference
presentations:
Chandra "Hears" a Black Hole
Cannonball Pulsar Imaged Flying Through Space at Mach 20
UCLA Astronomers Detect Unexpectedly Violent Conditions in Hot Plasma Being Consumed
by Massive Black Hole at Center of Milky Way
Horseshoe Nebula Flows With "X-Ray Champagne"
Data-Taking Begins at MINOS Neutrino Detector, Half a Mile Underground
Biggest Cosmic Explosions May Also Propel Fastest Objects in the Universe
Amateur astronomer locates powerful stellar explosion before the pros
Many gamma-ray bursts go undetected, MIT mathematician estimates
The VLT Measures the Shape of a Type Ia Supernova
World's Largest Robotic Telescope Ready for Action!
Close Encounters of the Stellar Kind
Some findings from the 25th General Assembly of the International
Astronomical Union in Sydney, Australia
Giant Gas Cloud Made of Atoms Formed in First Stars Revealed
in Universe's Most Distant Quasar
A Pancake, Not a Doughnut, Shapes Distant Galactic Center
Dark Energy's Shadow: Sloan Digital Sky Survey detects physical
evidence for dark energy
A Detailed Map of Dark Matter in a Galactic Cluster Reveals How Giant
Cosmic Structures Formed
Nearest Cosmic Mirage: Discovery of quadruply lensed quasar wtih
Einstein ring
Astronomers Reveal the First Detailed Maps of Galaxy Distribution
in the Early Universe
DON'T PANIC - More supernovae on the way!
New Fast Lane Towards Discoveries of Clusters of Galaxies
Inaugurated
Link Between Black Holes and Galaxies Discovered In Our Own Backyard
Icebound Antarctic Telescope Delivers First Neutrino Sky Map
- read the press release: July 11,
2003 (embargoed until July 15, 2003)
- read a news story from: The New
York Times (this article also contains dark matter findings discussed
in the July 17, 2003 release above; the
BBC, New
Scientist, the
Baltimore Sun,
Discovery Channel,
Astrobiology [PDF files]
- visit the AMANDA web
site and learn about its AMANDA - II telescope
- What are neutrinos? Make
sure to read about
neutrino oscillations, since this answers the question of how these elusive, ghostly particles
were finally found to have mass
- view the
neutrino sky map created by AMANDA - II (Note: This jpeg image is 2665 x 1800 pixels.)
- read a recent press release about IceCube,
the planned successor to AMANDA.
Einstein's Gravitational Waves May Set Speed Limit for Pulsar Spin
Firehose-Like Jet Discovered in Action
A First Look at the Doughnut Around a Giant Black Hole
The Secret Lives of Galaxies Unveiled in Deep Survey
Historic Gamma-Ray Burst Discovery
Cosmological Gamma-Ray Bursts and Hypernovae Conclusively Linked:
Clearest-Ever Evidence from VLT Spectra of Powerful Event
Rosetta Stone Decodes Gamma-Ray Burst Mystery
- read the press release: June 18, 2003
- read the New York
Times [PDF file] and view a JPG image
showing how a dying star may unleash a gamma-ray burst
- What are gamma-ray bursts? What is the collapsar model of the gamma-ray
burst?Click here to
download an overview with glossary [PDF] (This overview was written for a
gamma-ray burst on October 4, 2002, another long-duration burst.)
- visit the HETE mission home
page
- visit the Paranal Observatory
home page and click
here
for a panoramic view of the mountain-top observatory in Chile's desolate
Atacama desert
"RAVE" To Reveal Galaxy's History
New Technique Narrows Hunt for Gamma-Ray Blazars
Closest Gamma-Ray Burst Providing Scientists With Crucial Test for Burst Physics
- read the press release: May 28, 2003
- read a news article:New York
Times, Sky &
Telescope, Space.com
[PDF files] (Note: these articles also incorporate the May 28-released RHESSI findings)
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RHESSI uncovers secret to cataclysmic explosions known as gamma-ray bursts
- read the press release: May 28, 2003
- read a news article:Science, New York
Times [PDF files] (Note: the New York Times article incorporates the May
28-released VLBA findings listed above)
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Some Gamma-Ray Bursts, Once Turned Off, Blast Back Into Action
VLBA Reveals Dust-Enshrouded "Supernova Factory"
Do We Live In A "Stop And Go" Universe?
Chandra Finds Rich Oxygen Supply Inside Glowing Ring
Chandra Adds to Story of the Way We Were
- read the press release: May 26, 2003
- read a news article: Space.com [PDF
file]
- read a Jan. 5, 2001 article in Science by the same
researcher on planetary formation in the Orion nebula [PDF file]
Major survey suggests finding intermediate-mass black holes will be a
challenge
Sloan Digital Sky Survey Study Confirms Dark Matter
Chandra Provides New View of Biggest Construction Sites in
Universe
Stephan's Quintet: Intruder Galaxy Shocks Tightly-Knit Group
90 Percent of the Universe Is Missing! The Search for the Missing Mass
of the Universe
Press Welcome to Attend Gravitational Wave Meeting, April 24 - 26 at
Univ. of Maryland
NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer Looks Back in Time
X-Rays Found From a Lightweight Brown Dwarf
- read the press release: April 14,
2003
- read a news article: Astronomy and
UPI
(scroll down to bottom of page) [PDF files]
- read a May 2000 Scientific
American background article on brown dwarfs [PDF file]
- visit the Univ. of Calif., Berkeley Astronomy Dept. web site for more
information on brown dwarfs
Skinny Galaxy Has Supermassive Black Hole, Just Like Bulging
Galaxies
- read the press release: April 10,
2003
- see the press release as it appeared in: Spaceflight
Now and Science Daily [PDF files]
- read a June 2000
Space.com background
article on the relationship between central black hole mass and
galactic bulge luminosity and between central black hole mass and galactic
bulge velocity dispersion [PDF file]
- view a JPEG
image showing central black hole mass - galactic bulge mass relationship
The Big Burst -- Gamma-ray Burst GRB 030329
- April 10, 2003 University of Chicago release: UChi: Astrophysicists follow
"nearby"cosmic explosion
- April 10, 2003 Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics release:
NASA Helps Link Gamma-Ray Burst &
Supernova
- April 10, 2003 Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
alternate "CSI" release: "CSI"
Astronomers Link Gamma-Ray Bursts and Supernova
- April 3, 2003 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor release:
It's a nova, it's a supernova, it's
a HYPERNOVA
- March 31, 2003 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - MIT joint release:
NASA Detects One of the Closest and
Brightest Gamma-Ray Bursts
- read the NASA primer, history, and
glossary of gamma-ray bursts [PDF files]
News from the UK/Ireland National Astronomy Meeting, April 2003
New X-ray source catalogue "most comprehensive ever"
Black Holes Really Are Holes, Say Astronomers
Chandra Sees Shape of Universe During Formative, Adolescent Years
Doomed Matter Near Black Hole Gets Second Lease on Life
New Satellite Awash in Gamma-ray Burst Bonanza
Cosmic Forensics Confirms Gamma-Ray Burst and Supernova Connection
New Class of Hot-Tempered Black Holes Bucks Trend
Cool X-Ray Disk Points To New Type Of Black Hole
Weighing a Black Hole at the Edge of the Universe
Race to Gamma-Ray Burst Reveals Gigantic Explosion, Death and
Birth
Pulsar Bursts Coming From Beachball-Sized Structures
CXC: Chandra Image Reveals Supernova Origin
Pushing Back the Frontiers to the Era of the First Stars
CfA: Twin Bursts Provide Several Firsts
AAS HEAD: Shramm Prize Awarded To Journalists Ron Cowen and Robert
Irion
A Cocoon Found Inside the Black Widow's Web
Australian-Based "CANGAROO" Telescope Finds Halo of Gamma Rays
Short and Long Gamma-Ray Bursts Different to the Core
Missing Mass Exists As Warm Intergalactic Fog
Case for Massive Black Hole at Center of Milky Way Strengthened, Alternatives Excluded, UCLA
Astronomer Andrea Ghez Reported at AAAS
Neutron Star Neutrinos Detectable at South Pole
NASA Releases Stunning Image of Our Infant Universe
NASA Names Satellite In Honor of Pioneer Researcher
UC Davis To Host Cosmic Inflation Meeting
High Energy Astrophysics Division's 7th Meeting: First Media
Advisory
Astronomers Trace Microquasar's Path Back in Time
Top High-Energy Astronomy Prize Awarded for Ultra-Magnetic Star
Discovery
Astronomers Glimpse Feeding of Galactic Dragon
Earth Likely Spared From One Form of Cosmic Doom
Famed Eta Carinae, Awash in X rays, Might Be Two Stars, Not One
Milky Way Monster Stars in Cosmic Reality Show
Physicists Set Lower Age of Universe at 11.2 Billion Years
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