A study led by Monash University astronomers published new near-infrared images of the system HD 169142, which enabled the confirmation of a protoplanet forming in the system.
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Cosmologists have found new evidence for the standard model of cosmology—this time, using data on the structure of galaxy clusters.
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Apr 3, 2023
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Using data from ESA's Gaia mission, astronomers have discovered not only the closest but also the second closest black hole to Earth. The black holes, Gaia BH1 and Gaia BH2, are respectively located just 1,560 light-years ...
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Apr 3, 2023
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Susan Iglesias-Groth, of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and Martina Marín-Dobrincicof the Polytechnic University of Cartagena have discovered the presence of numerous prebiotic molecules in the star formation ...
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Apr 3, 2023
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The cosmos would look a lot better if Earth's atmosphere wasn't photo bombing it all the time.
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Mar 30, 2023
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An explosion the size of our solar system has baffled scientists, as part of its shape—similar to that of an extremely flat disk—challenges everything we know about explosions in space.
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Mar 30, 2023
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A team of astronomers has discovered one of the biggest black holes ever found, taking advantage of a phenomenon called gravitational lensing.
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Mar 28, 2023
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Astronomers from the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP), the European Southern Observatory (ESO), and the MIT Kavli Institute and Department of Physics have discovered that magnetic fields in multiple star systems ...
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Mar 28, 2023
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An international research team led by Dr. Cui Lang from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has imaged the compact weak radio emission region and measured the astrometric parameters with ...
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Mar 24, 2023
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Stars with less than half the mass of our sun are able to host giant Jupiter-style planets, in conflict with the most widely accepted theory of how such planets form, according to a new study led by UCL (University College ...
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