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Radio Telescopes Could Spot Stars Hidden In The Galactic Center
2015-09-24 05:47:25| rfglobalnet Home Page
The center of our Milky Way galaxy is a mysterious place. Not only is it thousands of light-years away, it's also cloaked in so much dust that most stars within are rendered invisible. Harvard researchers are proposing a new way to clear the fog and spot stars hiding there. They suggest looking for radio waves coming from supersonic stars.
Huge black hole challenges theories of galactic evolution
2015-07-10 13:30:14| Extremetech
A newly discovered black hole makes up about 10% of its host galaxy, a fact that has cosmologists scratching their heads.
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The Dark Side of Galactic Radio Jets
2015-07-09 17:43:40| rfglobalnet News Articles
Cosmic microwave radiation points to invisible ‘dark matter’, marking the spot where jets of material travel at near light speed, according to an international team of astronomers. Lead author Rupert Allison ofOxford Universitypresented their results July 6 at theNational Astronomy Meetingin Venue Cymru, Llandudno, Wales.
Arianespace, Virgin Galactic win OneWeb launch contract
2015-06-26 08:47:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) French and European satellite launch company Arianespace was chosen by OneWeb for the launch of 900 Airbus-made small satellites to offer affordable internet access to around 3 billion people still without it. OneWeb hopes to have an operational network in orbit in 2019. Arianespace has signed a contract for 21 Soyuz rocket launches plus options for another five Soyuz launches and three on the future Ariane 6, due to enter service in 2020. Arianespace will use sites in French Guiana, Kazhakstan and Russia. Virgin Galactic secured an order for 39 launches and an option on 100 more, using its LauncherOne booster, currently in trial phase and capable of carrying up to three small satellites.
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Virgin Galactic crash details emerge
2015-06-04 08:02:06| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
For the first time, a Virgin Galactic pilot speaks to the media about the day one of its ships crashed last October.
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