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Improving Our Ability to Peek Into Molecules

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 - 13:54:31 - Anuradha Menon

It’s not easy to see a single molecule inside a living cell. Nevertheless, researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are helping to...

Eyes Evolved for X-Ray Vision

Sunday, August 31st, 2008 - 15:05:06 - Anuradha Menon

Forward-facing eyes allow animals to 'see through' the clutter in the world. The advantage of using two eyes to see the world around us has long been...

A New Way To Weigh Giant Black Holes

Monday, July 21st, 2008 - 12:16:12 - Ehud Rattner

Working out the mass of huge black holes, like the ones hiding in the center of galactic nuclei, is no easy task and attempts are being made to find...

SXS – X-Ray on the Universe
Thursday, July 17th, 2008 - Ehud Rattner
NASA has recently approved the construction of the High-Resolution Soft X-Ray Spectrometer (SXS), an instrument devised to...

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Most Recent Supernova in Our Galaxy

Thursday, May 15th, 2008 - 10:08:52 - Ehud Rattner

The most recent supernova in our galaxy has been discovered by tracking the rapid expansion of its remains. This result, using NASA's Chandra X-ray...

More Dark Matter Discovered?

Friday, May 9th, 2008 - 22:19:47 - Ehud Rattner

A team of Dutch and German astronomers have discovered part of the missing matter in the Universe using the European X-ray satellite XMM-Newton. They...

Black Hole Sheds Light on a Galaxy
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 - Ehud Rattner
An international team has observed the light echo of an enormous X-ray flare, which was apparently produced when a single...