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Very Large Telescope spots galaxies trapped in the web of a supermassive black hole
With the help of ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have found six galaxies lying around a supermassive black hole when the Universe was less than a billion years old. This is the first time such a close grouping ...
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Solar orbiter's first science data shows the sun at its quietest
Three of the Solar Orbiter spacecraft's instruments, including Imperial's magnetometer, have released their first data.
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Fast-rotating stars at the centre of the Milky Way could have migrated from the outskirts of the galaxy
In a research paper published by The Astrophysical Journal Letters, an international team of astrophysicists, including scientists from the University of Surrey, detail how they discovered a group of stars with different ...
Astronomy
Sep 30, 2020
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We might have a new mini-moon soon
Is it a new asteroid mini–moon or a human-made mini-moon? That's the question about a small object approaching Earth, called 2020 SO. NASA's Small Body Database predicts the object will captured by Earth's gravity in October ...
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New gas giant exoplanet discovered by NGTS survey
An international team of astronomers has discovered a new gas giant alien world as part of the Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS). The newly found exoplanet, designated NGTS-12b, is about the size of Jupiter, but more ...
Flash in dark sky was probably random meteor, expert says
A flash that lit up the skies over parts of Pennsylvania and Ohio in the wee hours of Wednesday was probably a random meteor, an expert said.
Space Exploration
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Venus might be habitable today, if not for Jupiter
Venus might not be a sweltering, waterless hellscape today, if Jupiter hadn't altered its orbit around the sun, according to new UC Riverside research.
Astronomy
Sep 30, 2020
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Astrophysicist probes cosmic 'dark matter detector'
A University of Colorado Boulder astrophysicist is searching the light coming from a distant, and extremely powerful celestial object, for what may be the most elusive substance in the universe: dark matter.
Astronomy
Sep 29, 2020
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Planet collision simulations give clues to atmospheric loss from moon's origin
Earth could have lost anywhere between ten and 60 percent of its atmosphere in the collision that is thought to have formed the Moon.
Astronomy
Sep 29, 2020
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Second alignment plane of solar system discovered
A study of comet motions indicates that the solar system has a second alignment plane. Analytical investigation of the orbits of long-period comets shows that the aphelia of the comets, the point where they are farthest from ...
Astronomy
Sep 29, 2020
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Titan's lakes can stratify like those on Earth
Lakes on Saturn's moon Titan, composed of methane, ethane, and nitrogen rather than water, experience density driven stratification, forming layers similar to lakes on Earth. However, whereas lakes on Earth stratify in response ...
Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2020
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Russia reports 'non-standard' air leak on Space Station
Russia said Tuesday that astronauts had found an air leak in its section of the International Space Station, with a senior space official calling the air loss beyond expected levels.
Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2020
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CXOGBS J175553.2-281633 is a cataclysmic variable, study finds
An international team of astronomers has performed photometric observations of a binary system known as CXOGBS J175553.2-281633. Results of the study indicate that the object is a cataclysmic variable system. The finding ...
New insights into the origin of diamonds in meteorites
Scientists have offered new insights into the origin of diamonds in ureilites (a group of stony meteorites). These diamonds most likely formed by rapid shock transformation from graphite (the common low-pressure form of pure ...
Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2020
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Solar storms could be more extreme if they 'slipstream' behind each other
Modeling of an extreme space weather event that narrowly missed Earth in 2012 shows it could have been even worse if paired with another event.
Astronomy
Sep 29, 2020
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United Arab Emirates to launch spacecraft to moon in 2024
The United Arab Emirates plans to send an unmanned spacecraft to the moon in 2024, a top Emirati official said Tuesday, the latest gamble in the stars by the oil-rich nation that could see it become only the fourth nation ...
Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2020
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What's the matter with the Universe? Scientists have the answer
A team of US astrophysicists has produced one of the most precise measurements ever made of the total amount of matter in the Universe, a longtime mystery of the cosmos.
Astronomy
Sep 29, 2020
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Mars: mounting evidence for subglacial lakes, but could they really host life?
Venus may harbour life some 50km above its surface, we learned a couple of weeks ago. Now a new paper, published in Nature Astronomy, reveals that the best place for life on Mars might be more than a kilometre below its surface, ...
Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2020
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Machine-learning nanosats to inform global trade
The latest batch of tiny satellites to monitor trade on Earth from space have launched.
Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2020
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Video shows a meteoroid skipping off Earth's atmosphere
Here's something we don't see very often: an Earth-grazing meteoroid.
Astronomy
Sep 29, 2020
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