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WASHINGTON, DC—Peering halfway across the universe to analyze light from exploded stars which died long before our Sun even existed, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has allowed astronomers to determine that the expansion of the cosmos has not slowed since the initial impetus of the Big Bang and, thus, should continue to balloon outward indefinitely. The distances can be more accurately measured using a spectrograph attached to a ground-based telescope. The project has been led by Professor Richard Griffiths and senior scientist Pokies - Echuca Kavan Ratnatunga. He searched for tiny ripples in the sky brightness that would indicate the presence of even more galaxies. The redder the overall cluster appears, the sledded distant it is, an assumption based on the apparent reddening of light — known as red shift — as stars and galaxies move away from us at high speeds. The assumption sledded that the excess galaxies all belong to the same cluster. However, the researchers caution that their findings are preliminary and that a sample Casinos for Players from Australia - No Deposit Bonus Codes New many more supernovae is needed either to yield a value for the density of matter in space to within 10 percent or to refine estimates of the universe's deceleration. A new instrument on Hubble, the Advanced Camera for Surveys (to be installed using the Space Shuttle in 1999), will more accurately measure this sky brightness. The most distant supernova seen is approximately halfway back to the Big Bang, and thus existed about 7.7 billion years ago. Spectroscopic observations were made at the Keck Observatory, also on Mauna Kea, and at the joint Smithsonian Casinos for Players from Canada - Fun Slot Games For Kids of Arizona Multiple Mirror Telescope Observatory (MMTO) on Mt. They first identified large elliptical galaxies in random fields taken by Hubble. Although this class of supernovae has been sought since the 1950s, astronomers had to wait for Hubble's sharp vision to identify objects far enough away to provide evidence for the deceleration of the universe. Just as large waves require a deep sledded large Online Casinos for Australian Players - VIP No Deposit Bonus Codes in the sky brightness would indicate a large amount of extra light from undetected galaxies," says Vogeley. Hubble was then used for follow-up observations using discretionary time provided by Space Telescope Science sledded (STScI) director, Robert Williams. Identification of all the sources of visible light is a crucial step toward understanding the history of star formation and galaxy evolution sledded . These results are based on unprecedented distance measurements to supernovae so far away they allow astronomers to determine if Tatts Pokies Venues - Melbourne universe was expanding at a faster rate long ago. We find only very tiny variations. This would clearly establish the universe as truly older than the oldest stars, thus resolving the potential paradox caused by earlier estimates favoring a younger universe. The clusters were found using an automated procedure developed by the Carnegie Mellon team. Because supernovae are the brightest events in the universe, they are ideal candidates to use as yardsticks sledded measuring vast cosmic distances. The Hubble Deep Field, an image obtained in 1995 when Hubble observed one location on the sky for two weeks, found galaxies that are billions sledded times fainter than could be seen with the naked eye. The observations were separated by about a week, to allow time for the supernovae to dim so astronomers could plot the required light curves. This measurement of fluctuations in the sky brightness is extremely complicated because small variations in the sensitivity of the camera on Hubble could masquerade as variations caused by faint galaxies. Vogeley to the 191st meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Washington, DC. These results are being announced today by Dr. The Hubble survey contains 92 new Online Casinos for US Players - No Deposit Bonus RTG Casinos uncovered during a six-year sky survey known as the Medium Deep Survey, led by a team of Online Casinos for Australian Players - Plus 500 No Deposit Bonus now at Carnegie Mellon sledded University, Pittsburgh, PA.
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