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GRBs: A New Standard Candle?

An artist's conception of a gamma-ray burst. European Southern Observatory…
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Hubble Shows Farthest Lensing Galaxy Yields Clues to Early Universe

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have unexpectedly discovered the…
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OBSERVING THE MOON

National Science Week 2 August to 9 August Observe interesting…
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Public Presentation on Tuesday 12 August at 5.30pm at the Hermanus Municipal Auditorium

National Science Week 2 August to 9 August From Space…
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Astrophysics with H.E.S.S.

Gamma Rays are the most energetic form of radiation and…
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Novae Surprise with Gamma Rays

In a classical nova, a white dwarf siphons material off…
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Fermi finds a “transformer” pulsar

This artist's rendering shows one model of pulsar J1023 before…
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New mass map of a distant galaxy cluster is the most precise yet

Created using observations from Hubble's Frontier Fields observing program, the…
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