Alternative Cosmology Group Newsletter - April 2005

Posted April 20, 2005

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Alternative Cosmology Group Newsletter - April 2005

A stable universe!

Fundamental physical constant has not changed in 7 billion years, DEEP2 team reports
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=16668
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/04/18_deep2.shtml

No time to form in the big bang universe!

FIRST STARS SEEN IN DISTANT GALAXIES
http://www.sr.bham.ac.uk/nam2005/pr10.html

There should be some kind of cosmic repulsion to keep the space bodies from merging together.

http://www.nrao.edu/pr/2005/wr140/

Looks like stars are ejected from the galactic nucleus.

Is There a "Fountain of Youth" in the Galactic Core?
http://www.universetoday.com/am/publish/fountain_youth_core.html?1242005

DISTANT ‘SUPER-STARBURST’ GALAXIES HIDE ACTIVE BLACK HOLES
http://www.ras.org.uk/html/press/pn0511ras.html

From galaxy collisions to star birth: ISO finds the missing link
http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEM7SVRMD6E_index_0.html

Is this too complicated to be true?

Bigger 'birthmarks' in the sky may deflate theory of cosmic inflation
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=16665

Cosmic Shell-Seekers Find a Beauty
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/g21/

Old Star's "Rebirth" Gives Astronomers Surprises
http://www.nrao.edu/pr/2005/sakurai/

Just another hypothesis.

Early Universe was packed with mini black holes
http://www.iop.org/news/918

Metal-poor star. The origin of elements can be controversial.

"HE 1327-2326 is a very unusual object in many ways for us astronomers,” Professor Norris, Ms Frebel’s supervisor, said. “Relative to its iron levels has abnormally high levels of several elements including carbon, nitrogen and strontium."

A star is born - and it may be the first
http://info.anu.edu.au/mac/Media/Media_Releases/_2005/_April/_140405frebel_star.asp

Era of Galaxy and Black Hole Growth Spurt Discovered
http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/05_releases/press_040605.html

Discovery of Giant X-ray Loop Hints at Cosmic Particle Accelerator
http://www.sr.bham.ac.uk/nam2005/pr16.html

Is this a Brown Dwarf or an Exoplanet?
New Young Sub-stellar Companion Imaged with the VLT
http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2005/pr-09-05.html

NASA's Spitzer Marks Beginning of New Age of Planetary Science

"NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has for the first time captured the light from two known planets orbiting stars other than our Sun. The findings mark the beginning of a new age of planetary science, in which "extrasolar" planets can be directly measured and compared."
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2005-050

Unveiling the high energy Milky Way reveals 'dark accelerators'
http://www.pparc.ac.uk/Nw/8sources.asp