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Astronomers provide insights into the hot gaseous halo of galaxy NGC 7793
Using Spektr-RG and Chandra space observatories, Chinese astronomers have investigated a nearby spiral galaxy known as NGC 7793. Results of the new study, published March 13 on the arXiv preprint server, deliver important ...
'Mars and Earth are even more different than we thought': Condensing 20 years of atmospheric wave observations
For the first time on a global scale, 20 years of observations on Mars have been condensed into a single study led by Francisco Brasil and Pedro Machado, both researchers from the Faculty of Sciences at the University of ...
Planetary Sciences
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SpaceX rocket fuel makes stunning swirl in European sky
A stunning blue and white spiral spotted in skies across Europe late Monday was created by frozen fuel tumbling from a SpaceX rocket, according to weather forecasters and scientists.
Space Exploration
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Fluorescent caves could explain how life persists in extraterrestrial environments
Deep below Earth's surface, rock and mineral formations lay hidden with a secret brilliance. Under a black light, the chemicals fossilized within shine in brilliant hues of pink, blue and green. Scientists are using these ...
Astrobiology
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SpaceX launches classified NROL-69 mission from Cape Canaveral
SpaceX sent up a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office from the Space Coast on Monday afternoon.
Space Exploration
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Image: Hubble captures the Small Magellanic Cloud
Say hello to one of the Milky Way's neighbors! This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a scene from one of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The SMC is a dwarf galaxy located ...
Astronomy
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Image: Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space: Time to get ready
ESA's Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES) has arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States. This cutting-edge European experiment will test fundamental physics from the outside of ESA's Columbus module ...
Space Exploration
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Organic molecules of unprecedented size discovered on Mars
Scientists analyzing pulverized rock onboard NASA's Curiosity rover have found the largest organic compounds on the red planet to date. The finding, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ...
Astrobiology
Mar 24, 2025
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Scalable nanotechnology-based lightsails developed for next-generation space exploration
Researchers at TU Delft and Brown University have developed scalable nanotechnology-based lightsails that could support future advances in space exploration and experimental physics. Their research, published in Nature Communications, ...
Space Exploration
Mar 24, 2025
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Astronomers discover new giant molecular cloud in the Milky Way
Using the Green Bank Telescope (GBT), astronomers have detected a new giant molecular cloud in the Milky Way galaxy. The newfound cloud has a size of nearly 200 light years and its mass is estimated to be some 160,000 solar ...
Webb unmasks true nature of the 'Cosmic Tornado' spiral galaxy
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured a beautiful juxtaposition of the nearby protostellar outflow known as Herbig-Haro 49/50 with a perfectly positioned, more distant spiral galaxy. Due to the close proximity ...
Astronomy
Mar 24, 2025
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Event Horizon Telescope allows close study of accelerating jets from black holes
An international team of researchers used multi-wavelength observations of active galactic nuclei to study how black holes launch relativistic jets. The sixteen sources were observed with the Event Horizon Telescope during ...
Astronomy
Mar 24, 2025
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Using algorithms to help find life on icy ocean worlds
Scientists have long thought that our solar system's ocean worlds, such as Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus, may harbor extraterrestrial life in the form of microbes. But detecting it could be a challenge ...
Astrobiology
Mar 24, 2025
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We're one step closer to a giant interferometer on the moon
What's on and in a star? What happens in an active galactic nucleus? Answering those questions is the goal of a proposed giant interferometer on the moon. It's called the Artemis-enabled Stellar Imager (AeSI) and would deploy ...
Astronomy
Mar 24, 2025
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Shocking spherules on Mars
Last week, the Perseverance Science Team were astonished by a strange rock comprised of hundreds of millimeter-sized spheres… and the team are now working hard to understand their origin.
Planetary Sciences
Mar 24, 2025
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A European startup scrubs its attempt to launch an orbital rocket on its first test flight
A private European aerospace company scrubbed its attempt on Monday to launch the first test flight of its orbital launch vehicle from Norway.
Space Exploration
Mar 24, 2025
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SpaceX targets end of month for private astronaut polar orbit mission Fram2
With the drama around the first human spaceflight of the year behind it, SpaceX is back to the business of sending private customers to space.
Space Exploration
Mar 24, 2025
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Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it—and others—will keep coming back
In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation triggered a fervid series of observations of the object—possibly as big as a football field—to ...
Astronomy
Mar 24, 2025
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A European startup is set to launch an orbital rocket on its first test flight
A private European aerospace company is set to make the first test flight of its orbital launch vehicle from Norway on Monday.
Space Exploration
Mar 24, 2025
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Why can't physicists decide if warp drives are real?
In the years since Miguel Alcubierre came up with a warp drive solution in 1994, you would occasionally see news headlines saying that warp drives can work. And then a few months later you'll see that they've been ruled out. ...
Astronomy
Mar 24, 2025
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