NASA to reveal 'surprising' activity on Jupiter's moon Europa
There's something going on beneath the surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa. But what?
There's something going on beneath the surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa. But what?
Space Exploration
Sep 23, 2016
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The violent death throes of a nearby star so thoroughly disrupted its planetary system that the dead star left behind—known as a white dwarf—is sucking in debris from both the system's inner and outer reaches, UCLA astronomers ...
Astronomy
Jun 16, 2022
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Our universe is expanding, but our two main ways to measure how fast this expansion is happening have resulted in different answers. For the past decade, astrophysicists have been gradually dividing into two camps: one that ...
Astronomy
Jun 30, 2021
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The normally bland face of Uranus has become increasingly stormy, with enormous cloud systems so bright that for the first time ever, amateur astronomers are able to see details in the planet's hazy blue-green atmosphere.
Astronomy
Nov 12, 2014
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Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have helped to find the last reservoir of ordinary matter hiding in the universe.
General Physics
Jun 20, 2018
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A titanic, expanding beam of energy sprang from close to the supermassive black hole in the centre of the Milky Way just 3.5 million years ago, sending a cone-shaped burst of radiation through both poles of the Galaxy and ...
Astronomy
Oct 6, 2019
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Astronomers have detected X-rays from Uranus for the first time, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. This result may help scientists learn more about this enigmatic ice giant planet in our solar system.
Astronomy
Mar 31, 2021
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The wall of dense gas and dust resembles a massive winged creature, its glowing maw lit by a bright star as it soars through cosmic filaments.
Astronomy
Sep 12, 2022
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Great balls of fire! NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected superhot blobs of gas, each twice as massive as the planet Mars, being ejected near a dying star. The plasma balls are zooming so fast through space it would ...
Astronomy
Oct 6, 2016
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Black holes are gatherers, not hunters. They lie in wait until a hapless star wanders by. When the star gets close enough, the black hole's gravitational grasp violently rips it apart and sloppily devours its gasses while ...
Astronomy
Jan 13, 2023
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