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Search results for dark photon leptonic decays manage to exclude new regions
Dark photons are hypothetical particles that resemble light particles (i.e., photons), but interact weakly with normal matter, which would make them impossible or very difficult to detect using conventional experimental methods. ...
Re-analysis of Milky Way's central supermassive black hole shows elongated structure
A research team led by Assistant Professor Makoto Miyoshi of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) has independently re-analyzed observation data of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way ...
Astronomy
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Saturn's moon Titan has insulating methane-rich crust up to six miles thick
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is the only place other than Earth known to have an atmosphere and liquids in the form of rivers, lakes and seas on its surface. Because of its extremely cold temperature, the liquids on Titan ...
Planetary Sciences
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Ion engines could take us to the solar gravitational lens in less than 13 years, suggests paper
Sending an object to another star is still the stuff of science fiction. But some concrete missions could get us at least part way there. These "interstellar precursor missions" include a trip to the solar gravitational lens ...
Space Exploration
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Did some of Earth's water come from the solar wind?
The source of Earth's water is an enduring mystery that extends to exoplanets and the notion of habitability. In broad terms, Earth's water was either part of the planet from the beginning of its formation in the solar nebula ...
Planetary Sciences
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4 astronauts return to Earth after being delayed by Boeing's capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton
Four astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after a nearly eight-month space station stay extended by Boeing's capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton.
Space Exploration
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The dark sky over an urban park in central Mexico attracts stargazers who worry it might not last
As night descended, a rumble of frogs filled the air in this park outside the central Mexican city of Queretaro. In the sky, tiny stars appeared one by one, aligning into constellations.
Space Exploration
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Did the early cosmos balloon in size? A mirror universe going backwards in time may be a simpler explanation
We live in a golden age for learning about the universe. Our most powerful telescopes have revealed that the cosmos is surprisingly simple on the largest visible scales. Likewise, our most powerful "microscope," the Large ...
Astronomy
Oct 24, 2024
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Scientists make Wile E. Coyote observation, confirming theory of how solar flares are created
An international collaboration that includes an Oregon State University astrophysicist has identified a phenomenon, likened to the quick-footed movements of an iconic cartoon predator, that proves a 19-year-old theory regarding ...
Astronomy
Oct 24, 2024
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Astronomers discover a bright pulse that may be a fast radio burst
Searching for pulsars using the Large Phased Array (LPA) radio telescope, Russian astronomers have detected a bright pulse at a frequency of 111 MHz, which appears to be a fast radio burst event. The finding was reported ...
Astronomers take a close look at a dandelion-shaped supernova and zombie star
In 1181, a new star shone near the Cassiopeia constellation for six months before disappearing. This event, recorded as a "guest star" by Chinese and Japanese observers almost a millennium ago, has puzzled astronomers for ...
Astronomy
Oct 24, 2024
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Discovery of carbon-storing molecules in a distant interstellar cloud may shed light on how our own solar system formed
A team led by researchers at MIT has discovered that a distant interstellar cloud contains an abundance of pyrene, a type of large, carbon-containing molecule known as a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH).
Astrobiology
Oct 24, 2024
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Blasts from the past: New insights from old space storms
On 4 August 1972, a burst of solar plasma rocked Earth's magnetic field after hurtling through space for about 14.6 hours—the fastest sun-to-Earth plasma journey ever recorded. The resulting space storm, one of several ...
Astronomy
Oct 24, 2024
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Life can maintain a habitable environment in hostile conditions, research suggests
Everybody knows that for life to thrive on any world, you need water, warmth, and something to eat. It's like a habitability mantra. But, what other factors affect habitability? What if you relaxed the conditions conducive ...
Astrobiology
Oct 24, 2024
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Chinese company to sell tickets for space tourism flights in 2027
A Chinese company will launch sales on Thursday of two tickets for a commercial spaceflight planned for 2027.
Space Exploration
Oct 24, 2024
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SpaceX liftoff matches record for Space Coast launches in a year
The Space Coast saw its 72nd launch of the year on Wednesday evening, equaling the total number of orbital missions flown in 2023 and with 10 weeks still to go.
Space Exploration
Oct 24, 2024
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Discovery of 'black hole triple' may be first direct evidence of 'gentle' black hole formation
Many black holes detected to date appear to be part of a pair. These binary systems comprise a black hole and a secondary object—such as a star, a much denser neutron star, or another black hole—that spiral around each ...
Astronomy
Oct 23, 2024
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Webb finds candidates for first young brown dwarfs outside the Milky Way
Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy roughly 200,000 light-years from Earth, lies the young star cluster NGC 602. The local environment of this cluster is a close analog of what existed in ...
Astronomy
Oct 23, 2024
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Astronomers observe cloud-cloud collisions in the interstellar bubble N59
Using the Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO), Chinese astronomers have observed a mid-infrared interstellar bubble known as N59. They detected multiple cloud-cloud collisions that may be behind star formation processes in ...
Rocky planets orbiting small stars could have stable atmospheres needed to support life
Since its launch in late 2021, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has raised the possibility that we could detect signs of life on exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system.
Astrobiology
Oct 23, 2024
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