Exploding Stars Near the Milky Way

A new star was detected by a French amateur astronomers. He was detected in monitoring PTF Sky Survey, conducted between May 31 until June 1 and is in the arms of the galaxy close neighbors, namely M51.

This phenomenon was also successfully documented by new equipment owned by Martin Kraar Obesrvatory at the Weizmann Institute, and also owned by Wise Observatory of Tel Aviv University in Mitzspe Ramon, Israel.

Now the star who emerged from the supernova explosion was being studied by a team of international researchers, including from Israel, the United States, Britain, Canada and other countries.

Before this, the last supernova observed in M51, a galaxy located 26 million light-years from Earth, occurs in the year 2005. Quoted from the Daily Galaxy, June 8, 2011, a supernova is expected to appear approximately 1 time in 100 years in any galaxy.

Frequent supernova phenomenon that occurs in M51 can be explained from interactions with other galaxies that are very close. This closeness led to the formation of giant stars can be done faster.

Due to the rapid process of massive star formation, there is also accelerating the destruction of very large stars that supernova explosion.

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Ambition Compete iPad, HP Release touchpad

HP will release a tablet computer, a touchpad, on 1 July. The plan, HP will offer a touchpad with the same price as the iPad, to rival Apple's flagship tablet.

Touchpad with a capacity of 16 gigabytes of memory will sell for U.S. $ 499. While the 32 gigabyte version sells for U.S. $ 599. This price is not only competitive with the iPad, but also with Samsung Galaxy Tab and Blackberry Playbook.

HP Release touchpad

In appearance, the touchpad will have the same size as the iPad, with 9.7-inch screen. Excess HP touchpad located on the operating system that uses webOS, alternative operating system in the intense competition for Apple's IOS and Android from Google.

After the release of the touchpad in July, HP hopes to get rid of Apple who now controls the tablet market. Apple in 2010 it ruled the tablet after successfully sold 14.8 million iPad.

However, competition in the tablet market remains vibrant with many similar products to be released. In addition to the newly launched Blackberry Playbook last month, Motorola and Google Honeycomb Xoom will compete with the touchpad to get rid of the crown ruler iPad tablet pc market.

A few days after release in the United States in early July, the touchpad will be launched in the United Kingdom, Ireland, France and Germany. Meanwhile, a year later, the touchpad will be released in Italy, Spain, Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, and Singapore

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