Breakthrough Listen—the astronomical program searching for signs of intelligent life in the Universe—has submitted two publications to leading astrophysics journals, describing the analysis of its first three years of ...
Astronomy
Jun 19, 2019
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Newly-built planet-finding instrument installed on Very Large Telescope, Chile, begins 100-hour observation of nearby stars Alpha Centauri A and B, aiming to be first to directly image a habitable exoplanet
Astronomy
Jun 10, 2019
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In recent years, astronomers have discovered thousands of planets and planetary systems orbiting around nearby stars. Some are small and rocky like the Earth, whilst others are gas giants like Jupiter. It is now believed ...
Astronomy
Jun 6, 2019
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These are the adventures of the "StarChip Wafersize."
Space Exploration
May 7, 2019
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One of the great things about science is that, when you start to observe a new object in space, you can never be sure quite what you'll find.
Astronomy
Apr 30, 2019
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The first batch of charge-coupled devices, or CCDs, to be flown on ESA's PLATO space observatory was accepted by ESA last month. This is an important milestone on the road to creating a groundbreaking spacecraft that will ...
Astronomy
Apr 11, 2019
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Three images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show pairs of galaxies on the cusp of cosmic consolidations. Though the galaxies appear separate now, gravity is pulling them together, and soon they will combine to form new, ...
Astronomy
Feb 27, 2019
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A new astronomical spectrograph built by a Penn State-led team of scientists provides the highest precision measurements to date of infrared signals from nearby stars, allowing astronomers to detect planets capable of having ...
Astronomy
Feb 21, 2019
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The latest data release from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) includes observations revealing the internal structure and composition of nearly 5,000 nearby galaxies observed during the first three years of a program called ...
Astronomy
Jan 29, 2019
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Wondering about that New Year's Resolution to get more exercise?
Astronomy
Jan 9, 2019
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