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'Cosmic radio' detector could discover dark matter within 15 years
Published in Nature, scientists at King's College London, Harvard University, UC Berkeley and others have shared the foundation of what they believe will be the most accurate dark matter detector to date.
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Astronomers discover two more double-faced white dwarfs
For many years it was believed that the surface of most, if not all, white dwarfs was made up primarily of hydrogen. But then, two years ago, a white dwarf was spotted by a team of researchers that had a hydrogen surface ...
The most distant twin of the Milky Way ever observed
An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has discovered the most distant spiral galaxy candidate known to date. This ultra-massive system existed just one billion years after the Big Bang and already ...
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Hubble tracks a roaming magnetar of unknown origin
Researchers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered the magnetar called SGR 0501+4516 is traversing our galaxy from an unknown place of origin. Researchers say that this runaway magnetar is the likeliest candidate ...
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Mysterious objects from other stars are passing through our solar system. Scientists are planning to study them
In late 2017, a mysterious object tore through our solar system at breakneck speed. Astronomers scrambled to observe the fast-moving body using the world's most powerful telescopes. It was found to be one quarter mile (400m) ...
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Cataclysmic variable ASASSN–14dx contains a massive pulsating white dwarf, observations find
An international team of astronomers has performed optical photometric, polarimetric and spectroscopic observations of a cataclysmic variable system known as ASASSN–14dx. Results of the new observations, published April ...
Exploring the universe through sight, touch, and sound
For the first time in history, we can explore the universe through a rich blend of senses—seeing, touching, and hearing astronomical data—in ways that deepen our understanding of space. While three-dimensional (3D) models ...
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Apr 15, 2025
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AI reimagines gravitational wave detection with innovative designs
Extreme cosmic events such as colliding black holes or the explosions of stars can cause ripples in spacetime, so-called gravitational waves. Their discovery opened a new window into the universe. To observe them, ultra-precise ...
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Apr 15, 2025
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From past to future: AI brings new light to solar observations
A deep learning framework transforms decades of solar data into a unified, high-resolution view—adjusting instruments, overcoming limitations, and helping us better understand our star.
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Apr 15, 2025
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Evidence of dark matter-free dwarf galaxy challenges conventional galaxy formation models
Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island have found compelling evidence of a dark matter-deficient dwarf galaxy, FCC 224. This ultra-diffuse galaxy is located on the outskirts of the Fornax Cluster, ...
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Apr 15, 2025
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Webb brings dying star's energetic display into full focus
Gas and dust ejected by a dying star at the heart of NGC 1514 came into complete focus thanks to mid-infrared data from the James Webb Space Telescope. Its rings, which are only detected in infrared light, now look like fuzzy ...
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Apr 15, 2025
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A slowly spinning universe could solve the Hubble tension
A new study in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by researchers including István Szapudi of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Institute for Astronomy suggests the universe may rotate—just extremely slowly. ...
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Apr 14, 2025
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Hubble spots stellar sculptors in nearby galaxy
This new image, released on April 4, 2025, showcases the dazzling young star cluster NGC 346. Although both the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope have released images of NGC 346 previously, this image ...
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Copernicus may have leaned on ancient Muslim astronomer in developing his cosmological system
New research has revealed that the cosmological model developed by Nicolaus Copernicus, the renowned European Renaissance polymath, bears striking resemblance to the one designed by an Arab Muslim astronomer nearly two centuries ...
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Apr 14, 2025
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Half of the universe's hydrogen gas, long unaccounted for, has been found
Astronomers tallying up all the normal matter—stars, galaxies and gas—in the universe today have come up embarrassingly short of the total matter produced in the Big Bang 13.6 billion years ago. In fact, more than half ...
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Apr 14, 2025
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Preparing for the greatest cosmic movie ever made
High up on the top of Cerro Pachón in northern Chile, NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory is nearing completion. At the heart of the facility, a pivotal moment in the project's scientific adventure is unfolding. After more ...
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Apr 14, 2025
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Massive black hole 'waking up' in Virgo constellation
A massive black hole at the heart of a galaxy in the Virgo constellation is waking up, shooting out intense X-ray flares at regular intervals that have puzzled scientists, a study said Friday.
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High school student uses AI to reveal 1.5 million previously unknown objects in space
Through his research at Caltech, a local high school student revealed 1.5 million previously unknown objects in space, broadened the potential of a NASA mission, and published a single-author paper.
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Apr 11, 2025
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Galactic superwinds may help galaxies leak ionizing radiation, Haro 11 study finds
Our new study of the nearby starburst galaxy Haro 11 has shown that strong X-ray-emitting superwinds may be a key mechanism enabling galaxies to leak ionizing radiation, which is believed to have played a major role in the ...
Hubble captures a star's swan song in planetary nebula Kohoutek 4-55
The swirling, paint-like clouds in the darkness of space in this stunning image seem surreal, like a portal to another world opening up before us. In fact, the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is very ...
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Apr 11, 2025
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