Sentences with phrase «in other astronomical objects»

The researchers caution that it will take multiple sightings — in other astronomical objects, the LHC or in some of the direct - detection experiments now being conducted around the world — to validate their dark matter interpretation.

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The study found a relationship between the size of the central object and the speed of the flickering produced by the disc, suggesting the physics of the accretion must be very similar around these different astronomical objects despite them being completely different in other ways, such as size, age, temperature and gravity.

Leavitt worked out the «period - luminosity relationship» in 1908, giving astronomers a powerful tool for measuring the distance to stars and other astronomical objects.

Using microlensing — an astronomical phenomenon and the only known method capable of discovering planets at truly great distances from the Earth among other detection techniques — OU researchers were able to detect objects in extragalactic galaxies that range from the mass of the Moon to the mass of Jupiter.

In principle, measuring astronomical parallax is easy: measure the position of an object in the sky relative to other objects known to be much further away (eIn principle, measuring astronomical parallax is easy: measure the position of an object in the sky relative to other objects known to be much further away (ein the sky relative to other objects known to be much further away (eg.

«Using the two Keck telescopes in concert and interfering their light beams, it is possible to distinguish astronomical objects much closer to each other than when using a single Keck telescope,» Mennesson said.

Russian space agency Roscosmos has released a video shot from the perspective of Earth, showing our Moon and Sun replaced with other planets in the solar system and well known stars, highlighting the scale and beauty of some of the best known astronomical objects.

Research in each of these areas, and in many other areas of astronomy, has produced clear, compelling and widely accepted evidence that astronomical objects and systems evolve.

Directed by Stephen van Vuuren and narrated by LeVar Burton of Star Trek fame, In Saturn's Rings is a large - format look at NASA's Cassini mission to Saturn, made using over 7.5 million real high - resolution images of the planet, its moons, and other astronomical objects, carefully assembled and presented using classical multi-plane animation techniques.