Physics and Astronomy News Archive: April 2009

Image: Mysterious Space Blob Discovered at Cosmic Dawn

Mysterious Space Blob Discovered at Cosmic Dawn

Source: CIW   Posted: 4/24/09

Using information from a suite of telescopes, astronomers have discovered a mysterious, giant object that existed at a time when the universe was only about 800 million years old.
Image: Scientists Give a Hand(edness) to the Search for Alien Life

Scientists Give a Hand(edness) to the Search for Alien Life

Source: NIST   Posted: 4/24/09

Visiting aliens may be the stuff of legend, but if a scientific team working at the NIST is right, we may be able to find extraterrestrial life even before it leaves its home planet—by looking for left- (or right-) handed light.
Image: Continent-sized Radio Telescope Takes Close-ups of Fermi Active Galaxies

Continent-sized Radio Telescope Takes Close-ups of Fermi Active Galaxies

Source: NASA   Posted: 4/24/09

An international team of astronomers has used the world’s biggest radio telescope to look deep into the brightest galaxies that NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope can see.
Image: Discovery of an Unexpected Boost for Solar Water-Splitting Cells

Discovery of an Unexpected Boost for Solar Water-Splitting Cells

Source: NIST   Posted: 4/24/09

A researchers have discovered, that a residue of a process used to build arrays of titania nanotube plays an important role in improving the performance of the nanotubes in solar cells that produce hydrogen gas from water.