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What's the deadliest part of a supernova explosion?

What's the deadliest part of a supernova explosion? To estimate this we have to look at what the actual destructive capabilities are of a supernova. As in, what does a supernova produce? And how deadly are those products ...

Hidden cosmic fuel tank found in infant galaxy cluster

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), along with complementary data from the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX), have discovered a surprisingly large reservoir of molecular gas in a ...

Astronomers investigate X-shaped radio galaxy 3C 315

By analyzing the data from Leahy's atlas of double radio-sources and NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED), Serbian astronomers have explored an X-shaped radio galaxy designated 3C 315. Results of the new study, published ...

New Horizons needs a new flyby target—Vera Rubin can help

Exploration of the outer solar system may be getting a boost from the Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO). When this gigantic telescope opens its eye later in 2025, it begins a decade-long survey of the ever-changing sky. As part ...

Two new brown dwarfs discovered with TESS

An international team of astronomers reports the detection of two new brown dwarfs orbiting distant stars using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The newfound objects are about 30 times more massive than ...

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Image: Hubble captures young stars changing their environments

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image peers into the dusty recesses of the nearest massive star-forming region to Earth, the Orion Nebula (Messier 42, M42). Just 1,500 light-years away, the Orion Nebula is visible to ...