Astronomers have a new eye on the sky from what may be the best observatory location on Earth—the desolate Antarctic Plateau. An international expedition led by the Polar Research Institute of China has assembled a fully automated observatory known as PLATO (PLATeau Observatory) at Dome Argus on the plateau’s highest point. The observatory site is [...]
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Robotic Observatory Built on Remote Antarctic Summit (NG)
Posted in Antžeminiai on 2008/02/07 | Leave a Comment »
Super-neutron stars are possible (UT)
Posted in Antžeminiai, Juodosios skylės, Neutroninės/pulsarai on 2008/01/13 | Leave a Comment »
When a star like our Sun dies, it’ll end up as a white dwarf. And if a star contains 1.4 times the mass of the Sun, it’ll have enough gravity to turn into a neutron star. Much bigger stars turn into black holes. But now it turns out, neutron stars can be much more massive [...]
