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A mysterious interstellar radio signal has been blinking on and off every 22 minutes for more than 30 years
Last year, we made an intriguing discovery—a radio signal in space that switched on and off every 18 minutes.
Astronomy
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Asteroid-smashing NASA probe sent boulders into space
When a NASA spacecraft successfully knocked an asteroid off course last year it sent dozens of boulders skittering into space, images from the Hubble telescope showed on Thursday.
Planetary Sciences
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Hubble images a starstruck galaxy
The irregular galaxy Arp 263 lurks in the background of this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, but the view is dominated by a stellar photobomber, the bright star BD+17 2217. Arp 263—also known as NGC 3239—is ...
Astronomy
Jul 22, 2023
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Carbon-based molecules seen just a billion years after the Big Bang
The more astronomers look at the early universe, the more discoveries they make. Some of those finds change what they thought they knew about the infancy of the cosmos. For example, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently ...
Astronomy
Jul 21, 2023
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Looking deeper into violent neutron star collisions to find the origins of heavy elements
The gold that makes up your most precious jewelry may have been forged in a violent cosmic collision millions or billions of light years away between two neutron stars. New research seeks to better understand this process.
Astronomy
Jul 21, 2023
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To stick or to bounce: Size determines the stickiness of cosmic dust aggregates
Microparticle dust aggregates, which are thought to play a role in the formation of new planets, are less likely to stick together after a collision when the aggregates are larger.
Planetary Sciences
Jul 21, 2023
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In new space race, scientists propose geoarchaeology can aid in preserving space heritage
As a new space race heats up, two researchers from the Kansas Geological Survey at the University of Kansas and their colleagues have proposed a new scientific subfield: planetary geoarchaeology, the study of how cultural ...
Space Exploration
Jul 21, 2023
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California Science Center starts complex process to display Space Shuttle Endeavour vertically
A highly technical process began Thursday in Los Angeles to put NASA's retired Space Shuttle Endeavour on permanent display in the vertical launch position complete with external tank and two solid rocket boosters.
Space Exploration
Jul 21, 2023
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First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don't learn from history
We're only halfway through 2023, and it feels already like the year of alien contact.
Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2023
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New 'super-Earth' orbiting M-dwarf star discovered
An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new "super-Earth" exoplanet with NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The newfound alien world, designated TOI-1680 b, is about 50% larger than ...
Researchers find ancient, high-energy impacts could have fueled Venus volcanism
A Southwest Research Institute-led team has modeled the early impact history of Venus to explain how Earth's sister planet has maintained a youthful surface despite lacking plate tectonics. The team compared the early collision ...
Astronomy
Jul 20, 2023
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New computer simulations follow the formation of galaxies and cosmic large-scale structure with precision
York University and an international team of astrophysicists have made an ambitious attempt to simulate the formation of galaxies and cosmic large-scale structure throughout staggeringly large swaths of space.
Astronomy
Jul 20, 2023
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Unexpectedly calm and remote galaxy cluster discovered
Astronomers have discovered the most distant "relaxed" galaxy cluster to date—the farthest cluster ever spotted that is not being disrupted by violent collisions with other clusters of galaxies. This finding is paving the ...
Astronomy
Jul 20, 2023
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Study demonstrates consistency of rotational evolution between open cluster and field stars for determining age
Scientists at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) and Boston University have successfully established a connection between the rotation rates of stars in star clusters and those outside them, so-called field ...
Astronomy
Jul 20, 2023
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Hubble sees boulders escaping from asteroid Dimorphos
Wayward asteroids present a real collision hazard to Earth. Scientists estimate that an asteroid measuring several miles across smashed into Earth 65 million years ago and wiped out the dinosaurs, among other forms of life, ...
Astronomy
Jul 20, 2023
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NASA's IXPE fires up astronomers with new blazar findings
The universe is full of powerful supermassive black holes that create powerful jets of high-energy particles, creating sources of extreme brightness in the vastness of space. When one of those jets points directly at Earth, ...
Astronomy
Jul 20, 2023
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Galaxy J1135 reveals its water map
Water is essential for life, but for astrophysicists, it represents something more. Researchers look at water in galaxies, its distribution and in particular its changes of state from ice to vapor, as important markers indicating ...
Astronomy
Jul 20, 2023
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NASA's ComPair gamma-ray hunting mission prepares for balloon flight
Engineers and scientists have shipped NASA's ComPair instrument to Fort Sumner, New Mexico, ahead of its scheduled August flight early in NASA's 2023 fall balloon campaign.
Astronomy
Jul 20, 2023
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Did that message come from Earth or space? Now SETI researchers can be sure
In radio astronomy, there are lots of natural radio signals to observe. The glow of hydrogen gas, the swirl of electrons along a magnetic field, or the pop-pop-pop of pulsars. These signals usually have a very natural character ...
Astronomy
Jul 20, 2023
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Webb sees carbon-rich dust grains in the first billion years of cosmic time
For the first time, the James Webb Space Telescope has observed the chemical signature of carbon-rich dust grains in the early universe.
Astronomy
Jul 19, 2023
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