This week in space

Chandra finds nearest pair of supermassive black holes

Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to discover the first pair of supermassive black holes in a spiral galaxy similar to the Milky Way. At a distance of 160 million light years, it is also the nearest known pair of supermassive black holes.

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The star that should not exist

A team of European astronomers has used ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) to track down a star in the Milky Way that many thought was impossible. They discovered that this star is composed almost entirely of hydrogen and helium, with only remarkably small amounts of other chemical elements in it. This intriguing composition places it in the "forbidden zone" of a widely accepted theory of star formation, meaning that it should never have come into existence in the first place. The results will appear in the 1 September 2011 issue of the journal Nature.

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120 petabytes: IBM building largest data storage array ever
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-petabytes-ibm-largest-storage-array.html



NASA: Space station may be evacuated by late Nov.
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-nasa-space-station-evacuated-late.html


Michael Showers found dead in Mississippi river.
http://www.nola.com/treme-hbo/index.ssf/2011/08/treme_actor_was_last_seen_drin.html


Apple discontinues 99-cent rentals of TV shows
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-apple-discontinues-cent-rentals-tv.html


ABC Buys Western From Ron Moore
http://www.deadline.com/2011/08/abc-buys-western-from-ron-moore/


We discuss Haven


A cat elevator, for the discerning lazy feline in your life
http://hackaday.com/2011/08/29/a-cat-elevator-for-the-discerning-lazy-feline-in-your-life/





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