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First detection of light from behind a black hole
Watching X-rays flung out into the universe by the supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy 800 million light-years away, Stanford University astrophysicist Dan Wilkins noticed an intriguing pattern. He observed ...
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A hot and dry Jupiter: SPIRou reveals the atmosphere of the exoplanet Tau Boötis b
Using the SPIRou spectropolarimeter on the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in Hawaii, a team led by Stefan Pelletier, a PhD student at Université de Montréal's Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx), studied the atmosphere ...
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Scientists capture most-detailed radio image of Andromeda galaxy to date
Scientists have published a new, detailed radio image of the Andromeda galaxy—the Milky Way's sister galaxy—which will allow them to identify and study the regions of Andromeda where new stars are born.
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Magnetic 'balding' of black holes saves general relativity prediction
Black holes aren't what they eat. Einstein's general relativity predicts that no matter what a black hole consumes, its external properties depend only on its mass, rotation and electric charge. All other details about its ...
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Magnetic fields implicated in the mysterious midlife crisis of stars
Middle-aged stars can experience their own kind of midlife crisis, experiencing dramatic breaks in their activity and rotation rates at about the same age as our Sun, according to new research published today in Monthly Notices ...
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Finding the source of the impactor that wiped out the dinosaurs
The impactor believed to have wiped out the dinosaurs and other life forms on Earth some 66 million years ago likely came from the outer half of the main asteroid belt, a region previously thought to produce few impactors. ...
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Upgrades to NASA's space communications infrastructure pave the way to higher data rates
The ability to transmit and receive data is crucial in space exploration. Spacecraft need robust networking capabilities to send data—including large files like photos and videos—captured by onboard instruments to Earth ...
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Supernova explosions are sustained by neutrinos from neutron stars, a new observation suggests
A model for supernova explosions first proposed in the 1980s has received strong support from the observation by RIKEN astrophysicists of titanium-rich plumes emanating from a remnant of such an explosion.
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Will AI leave human astronomers in the stardust?
Machine learning is coming for astronomy. But that doesn't mean astronomers and citizen scientists are obsolete. In fact, it may mean exactly the opposite.
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Rocket tanks of carbon-fiber–reinforced plastic are proven possible
Future rockets could fly with tanks made of lightweight carbon fiber reinforced plastic thanks to ground-breaking research carried out within ESA's Future Launchers Preparatory Program.
Space Exploration
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First test of Europe's new space brain
ESA has successfully operated a spacecraft with Europe's next-generation mission control system for the first time. The powerful software, named the "European Ground System—Common Core' (EGS-CC), will be the 'brain' of ...
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Astronomers show how planets form in binary systems without getting crushed
Astronomers have developed the most realistic model to date of planet formation in binary star systems.
Astronomy
Jul 27, 2021
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Bezos offers NASA a $2 billion discount for Blue Origin Moon lander
Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos wrote an open letter to NASA on Monday offering a $2 billion discount to allow his company to build a Moon lander.
Space Exploration
Jul 27, 2021
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Very-high energy gamma-ray emission detected from blazar TXS 1515–273
An international team of astronomers has carried out multi-wavelength observations of a blazar known as TXS 1515–273; they detected very-high energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission from this source for the first time. The finding ...
On the hunt for 'hierarchical' black holes
Black holes, detected by their gravitational wave signal as they collide with other black holes, could be the product of much earlier parent collisions. Such an event has only been hinted at so far, but scientists at the ...
Astronomy
Jul 27, 2021
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Three dwarf spheroidal galaxies found to rotate
An international team of astrophysicists from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), the University of La Laguna (ULL) and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI, U.S.) has discovered the presence of transverse ...
Astronomy
Jul 27, 2021
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Global project observes rare meteor showers and meteorite falls
As billionaires battle it out in a space race that only a handful of the world's richest persons can play, a highly inclusive international project is looking in the other direction–what's flying towards Earth–and all ...
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Jul 27, 2021
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Fermi spots a supernova's 'fizzled' gamma-ray burst
On Aug. 26, 2020, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected a pulse of high-energy radiation that had been racing toward Earth for nearly half the present age of the universe. Lasting only about a second, it turned ...
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Jul 26, 2021
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Astronomers seek evidence of tech built by aliens
An international team of scientists led by a prominent Harvard astronomer announced a new initiative Monday to look for evidence of technology built by extraterrestrial civilizations.
Space Exploration
Jul 26, 2021
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Astronomers uncover briefest supernova-powered gamma-ray burst
Astronomers have discovered the shortest-ever gamma-ray burst (GRB) caused by the implosion of a massive star. Using the international Gemini Observatory, a program of NSF's NOIRLab, astronomers identified the cause of this ...
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