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White dwarfs become magnetic as they get older
At least one out of four white dwarfs (WDs) will end its life as a magnetic star, and therefore magnetic fields are an essential component of WD physics. New insights into the magnetism of degenerate stars from a recent analysis ...
Astronomy
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Earth and Venus grew up as rambunctious planets
What doesn't stick comes around: Using machine learning and simulations of giant impacts, researchers at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory found that the planets residing in the inner solar systems were likely born from ...
Planetary Sciences
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Exotic mix in China's delivery of moon rocks
On 16 December 2020 the Chang'e-5 mission, China's first sample return mission to the Moon, successfully delivered to Earth nearly two kilograms of rocky fragments and dust from our celestial companion. Chang'e-5 landed ...
Space Exploration
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Scientists use seasons to find water for future Mars astronauts
An international team of researchers has used seasonal variations to identify likely sub-surface deposits of water ice in the temperate regions of Mars where it would be easiest for future human explorers to survive. The ...
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Artificial Intelligence provides sharper images of lunar craters that contain water ice
The moon's polar regions are home to craters and other depressions that never receive sunlight. Today, a group of researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Germany present the highest-resolution ...
Astronomy
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Gamma rays and neutrinos from mellow supermassive black holes
The Universe is filled with energetic particles, such as X rays, gamma rays, and neutrinos. However, most of the high-energy cosmic particles' origins remain unexplained.
Astronomy
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Hubble captures a cluster in the heart of the Milky Way
This sparkling starfield, captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 and Advanced Camera for Surveys, contains the globular cluster ESO 520-21 (also known as Palomar 6). A densely packed, roughly ...
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NASA's Perseverance rover cameras capture Mars like never before
Scientists tap into an array of imagers aboard the six-wheeled explorer to get a big picture of the Red Planet.
Planetary Sciences
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All-female crew in water-tank spaceflight study
This week 20 women are tucking themselves in a waterbed for five days as part of a dry immersion study to recreate some of the effects of spaceflight on the body. The campaign kicked off yesterday with the first two subjects ...
Space Exploration
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Hubble snapshot of 'molten ring' galaxy prompts new research
Hubble Space Telescope's glamor shots of the universe are so revealing they nearly always have a discovery behind them.
Astronomy
Sep 23, 2021
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Cloud-spotting on a distant exoplanet
An international team of astronomers has not only detected clouds on the distant exoplanet WASP-127b, but also measured their altitude with unprecedented precision. A presentation by Dr. Romain Allart at the Europlanet Science ...
Astronomy
Sep 23, 2021
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Life support cooked up from lunar rocks
Engineers have successfully shown how water and oxygen can be extracted by cooking up lunar soil, in order to support future Moon bases. A laboratory demonstrator, developed by a consortium of the Politecnico Milano, the ...
Space Exploration
Sep 23, 2021
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NASA ballistic air gun hurls rocks at space suits to test their micrometeorite protection
Shock testing is commonly used throughout engineering to determine how a product will do when impacted by something. That something could be anything from the ground to a cruise missile. Like so much else in space exploration, ...
Space Exploration
Sep 23, 2021
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Telescope in Chile captures a doomed galaxy falling into the heart of the Fornax Cluster
The Fornax Cluster—which, as the name suggests, lies primarily in the constellation Fornax (the Furnace)—is a relatively nearby galaxy cluster, only about 60 million light-years from Earth. This means that it looms large ...
Astronomy
Sep 23, 2021
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Elon Musk says Inspiration4 crew had 'challenges' with toilet, vows for bathroom upgrades
The private space flight, SpaceX, completed a historic mission with the first all-civilian flight crew last weekend. The four members of the Inspiration4 crew raised $200 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, ...
Space Exploration
Sep 23, 2021
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New cereal box-sized satellite to explore alien planets
A new miniature satellite designed and built at CU Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) is providing proof that "cute" things can take on big scientific challenges.
Astronomy
Sep 23, 2021
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Space station crew to relocate Soyuz, make room for new crewmates
Three residents of the International Space Station will take a short ride aboard a Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft Tuesday, Sept. 28, relocating the spacecraft to prepare for the arrival of the next set of station crew members.
Space Exploration
Sep 23, 2021
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Video: Does NASA know about all the asteroids?
Does NASA know about ALL the asteroids?
Astronomy
Sep 23, 2021
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Asteroid fragments to be studied using specialized X-ray techniques
Using X-ray techniques, scientists will study tiny specks of asteroid 162173 Ryugu, collected by a Japanese space mission. Learning more about how this asteroid formed will further our understanding of the solar system, including ...
Planetary Sciences
Sep 23, 2021
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Gigantic cavity in space sheds new light on how stars form
Astronomers analyzing 3D maps of the shapes and sizes of nearby molecular clouds have discovered a gigantic cavity in space.
Astronomy
Sep 22, 2021
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