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Dying stars' cocoons could be new source of gravitational waves

So far, astrophysicists have only detected gravitational waves from binary systems—the mergers of either two black holes, two neutron stars or one of each. Although astrophysicists theoretically should be able to detect ...

Hubble images Messier 85

This moody image shows a galaxy named Messier 85, captured in all its delicate, hazy glory by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Messier 85 slants through the constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenice's Hair) and lies around ...

Exactly how massive is the Milky Way?

How do you weigh a galaxy? It's an astronomical challenge, particularly if it's the galaxy you call home. It turns out there are several ways to get a handle on the mass of the Milky Way, and a recent study posted on the ...

NASA looks back at 50 years of gamma-ray burst science

Fifty years ago, on June 1, 1973, astronomers around the world were introduced to a powerful and perplexing new phenomenon called GRBs (gamma-ray bursts). Today sensors on orbiting satellites like NASA's Swift and Fermi missions ...

Researchers solve colorful Kuiper Belt puzzle

The Kuiper Belt is a massive disk of icy bodies, including Pluto, that is located just outside of Neptune's orbit in our solar system. Objects observed in the Kuiper Belt exhibit a more diversified color range than any other ...

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Astronomers discover the last three planets the Kepler telescope observed before going dark
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Software offers new way to listen for signals from the stars
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Webb telescope finds towering plume of water escaping from one of Saturn's moons
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A closer look at galaxy M64's outer disk shows that it came from a smaller dwarf galaxy
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Deriving a general expression for the bispectrum in cosmologies rules out most bouncing models
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Simulations suggest interstellar objects could be captured by Earth's gravity
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Hubble captures jellyfish galaxy JW39
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X-ray emissions from black hole jets vary unexpectedly, challenging leading model of particle acceleration
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Observers inspect complex magnetic field of the molecular cloud Lynds 43
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Astrophysicists catalog all known planet-hosting, three-star systems
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Research team reveals reconfiguration process of solar eruptions
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New methods will allow for better tests of Einstein's general theory of relativity using LIGO data
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New 'super-Neptune' exoplanet discovered with TESS
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New research offers insight into fast radio bursts
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Astronomers discover a key planetary system for understanding formation mechanism of mysterious 'super-Earths'
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Helium nuclei research advances our understanding of cosmic ray origin and propagation
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Environment
Indigenous control of land leads to better reforestation outcomes
Earth Sciences
How Sierra Nevada snowpack confounds Central Valley groundwater readings
Analytical Chemistry
New strategy can harvest chemical information on rare isotopes with a fraction of the material
Social Sciences
Study: Tools to assess crime risk for young cohorts are likely to fail over time if they ignore social change
Paleontology & Fossils
World's oldest-known burial site found in S.Africa: scientists
Bio & Medicine
Cell-membrane coated nanoparticles light up two cancer biomarkers at once to give more complete picture of tumor
Nanomaterials
Wearable textile captures energy from body movement to power devices
Quantum Physics
Quantum computers are better at guessing, new study demonstrates
Plants & Animals
Human factors affect bees' communication, researchers find
Evolution
CRISPR/Cas9 reveals a key gene involved in the evolution of coral skeleton formation
Evolution
The other side of the story: How evolution impacts the environment
Ecology
Fungi stores a third of carbon from fossil fuel emissions and could be essential to reaching net zero, new study reveals
Biotechnology
The digital dark matter clouding AI in genome analysis
Space Exploration
Is frying food possible in space?
Nanomaterials
3D printing near net shape parts with no post-processing
Plasma Physics
Resolving a mathematical puzzle in quarks and gluons in nuclear matter
Ecology
Predictive models show wildlife managers where to find destructive feral swine
Optics & Photonics
Researchers demonstrate secure information transfer using spatial correlations in quantum entangled beams of light
Molecular & Computational biology
Researchers build on Human Genome Project advances
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