At around 1 a.m. local standard time on April 29, 2017, a fireball flew over Kyoto, Japan. Compared to other fireballs spotted from Earth, it was relatively bright and slow. Now, scientists have determined not only what the ...
Space Exploration
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"Super-Puffs" may sound like a new breakfast cereal. But it's actually the nickname for a unique and rare class of young exoplanets that have the density of cotton candy. Nothing like them exists in our solar system.
Astronomy
Dec 19, 2019
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A team of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, has found a new way to measure gravity—by noting differences in atoms in a superposition state, suspended in the air by lasers. In their paper published in ...
Contrary to previous thought, a gigantic planet in wild orbit does not preclude the presence of an Earth-like planet in the same solar system—or life on that planet.
Astronomy
Nov 5, 2019
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Will the sun become a black hole? No, it's too small for that!
Astronomy
Sep 27, 2019
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"Black holes" is one of the most highly searched terms about our universe. There's a fascination with the idea of a region of space having a gravitational pull so strong, nothing can escape its deadly grasp, not even a sliver ...
Astronomy
Aug 14, 2019
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A newly discovered ancient star containing a record-low amount of iron carries evidence of a class of even older stars, long hypothesised but assumed to have vanished.
Astronomy
Aug 1, 2019
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Astronomers believe planets like Jupiter shield us from space objects that would otherwise slam into Earth. Now they're closer to learning whether giant planets act as guardians of solar systems elsewhere in the galaxy.
Astronomy
May 24, 2019
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The world is finally about to see a black hole—not an artist's impression or a computer-generated likeness, but the real thing.
Astronomy
Apr 10, 2019
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The world, it seems, is soon to see the first picture of a black hole.
Astronomy
Apr 6, 2019
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