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Supermassive black holes devour gas just like their petite counterparts
On Sept. 9, 2018, astronomers spotted a flash from a galaxy 860 million light years away. The source was a supermassive black hole about 50 million times the mass of the sun. Normally quiet, the gravitational giant suddenly ...
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Supernova remnant G53.41+0.03 investigated in detail
Astronomers have conducted detailed X-ray observations of a recently discovered supernova remnant (SNR) known as G53.41+0.03. Results of the observational campaign provide important insights into the properties of this object. ...
Scientist dated some of the oldest stars with unprecedented precision
Scientists have succeeded in dating some of the oldest stars in the galaxy with unprecedented precision by combining data from the stars' oscillations with information about their chemical composition.
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Shrinking planets could explain mystery of universe's missing worlds
There's been a breakthrough in the case of the missing planets.
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Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) starts 5-year survey
A five-year quest to map the universe and unravel the mysteries of "dark energy" is beginning officially today, May 17, at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona. To complete its quest, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic ...
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Solar Orbiter images first coronal mass ejections
The Solar Orbiter launched on 10 February 2020 and is currently in cruise phase ahead of the main science mission, which begins November this year. While the four in situ instruments have been on for much of the time since ...
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Space law protects you from falling debris, but there are no legal penalties for leaving junk in orbit
On May 8, 2021, a piece of space junk from a Chinese rocket fell uncontrolled back to Earth and landed in the Indian Ocean near the Maldives. A year ago, in May 2020, another Chinese rocket met the same fate when it plummeted ...
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Scientists hunt for evidence of 'lensed' gravitational waves
Scientists searching for evidence of lensed gravitational waves have published new research outlining the most recent findings on their quest for the first detection of these elusive signals.
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60 years later, is it time to update the Drake equation?
On November 1, 1961, a number of prominent scientists converged on the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia, for a three-day conference. A year earlier, this facility had been the site of the ...
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Rocket Lab's satellite launch from New Zealand site fails
California-based Rocket Lab said a launch of satellites from its facility in New Zealand failed Saturday.
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China lands on Mars in major advance for its space ambitions
China landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time on Saturday, a technically challenging feat more difficult than a moon landing, in the latest step forward for its ambitious goals in space.
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Charting the expansion history of the universe with supernovae
An international research team analyzed a database of more than 1000 supernova explosions and found that models for the expansion of the Universe best match the data when a new time dependent variation is introduced. If proven ...
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Supercomputer simulations unlock an old space weather puzzle
Scientists have long questioned why the bursts of hot gas from the sun do not cool down as fast as expected, and have now used a supercomputer to find out.
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Extraterrestrial radioactive isotope found in seabed has implications for Earth's origins
The first-ever discovery of an extraterrestrial radioactive isotope on Earth has scientists rethinking the origins of the elements on our planet.
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Physicists predict neutron stars may be bigger than previously imagined
When a massive star dies, first there is a supernova explosion. Then, what's left over becomes either a black hole or a neutron star.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base to be renamed Space Force Base
California's Vandenberg Air Force Base was renamed Friday as a U.S. Space Force Base.
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May 14, 2021
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Tiangong: China may gain a monopoly on space stations—here's what to expect
China launched Tianhe-1, the first and main module of a permanent orbiting space station called Tiangong (Heavenly Palace 天 宫), on April 29. Two additional science modules (Wentian and Mengtian) will follow in 2022 in ...
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Solar wind from the center of the Earth
High-precision noble gas analyses indicate that solar wind particles from our primordial Sun were encased in the Earth's core over 4.5 billion years ago. Researchers from the Institute of Earth Sciences at Heidelberg University ...
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Getting ready to rocket
The pieces are stacking up for the launch of Artemis 1 mission around the moon and back. The massive Space Launch Systems (SLS) rocket that will launch the first crewless test flight of the Orion spacecraft, powered by the ...
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May 14, 2021
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China rover to attempt Mars landing over coming days
China's "Zhurong" rover, part of its ambitious space programme to send a probe to Mars, is set to attempt the challenging landing on the Red Planet in the next five days, Beijing's space agency said Friday.
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