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Perseverance rover witnesses one Martian dust devil eating another
The six-wheeled explorer recently captured several red planet mini-twisters spinning on the rim of Jezero Crater.
Planetary Sciences
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Rising odds asteroid that briefly threatened Earth will hit moon
A huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly 4% chance of smashing into the moon, according to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope.
Space Exploration
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HD 144812 is a rare post-red supergiant star in a binary system, observations find
Astronomers from the Czech Republic and Argentina have employed the Gemini South telescope to observe a yellow supergiant star designated HD 144812. The observations found that HD 144812 is a rare post-red supergiant orbited ...
When a black hole winks at you: Variability identified in supermassive black hole in Andromeda galaxy
A Michigan State University researcher saw X-rays coming from a black hole using the NASA Chandra X-Ray Observatory telescope.
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Solar cells made of moon dust could power future space exploration
The same dirt that clings to astronauts' boots may one day keep their lights on. In a study published in Device, researchers created solar cells made out of simulated moon dust. The cells convert sunlight into energy efficiently, ...
Space Exploration
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Hierarchical cluster formation in the Milky Way's core caps birth of massive stars
An international research team led by Dr. Zhang Suinan from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has uncovered the unique mechanisms governing star formation in the Central Molecular Zone ...
Astronomy
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Solar wind compresses Jupiter's magnetosphere, creating a hot region spanning half the planet's circumference
A massive wave of solar wind that squished Jupiter's protective bubble has been detected for the first time.
Planetary Sciences
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Exploring Titan's icy hydrocarbon cycle
Though wildly different in so many ways, Earth and Saturn's moon Titan have something important in common. Among all the objects in the solar system, they're the only two with liquids on their surfaces. There are parallels ...
Planetary Sciences
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Students design a mission to Venus on the cheap
Sometimes, the best way to learn how to do something is just to do it. That is especially true if you're learning to do something using a specific methodology. And in some cases, the outcome of your efforts is something that's ...
Space Exploration
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Webb telescope captures photos of the asteroid that won't hit Earth in 2032
The Webb Space Telescope has captured pictures of the asteroid that caused a stir earlier this year when it topped Earth's hit list.
Planetary Sciences
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Dark energy may not be constant—this discovery could undermine our entire model of cosmological history
The great Russian physicist and Nobel laureate Lev Landau once remarked that "cosmologists are often in error, but never in doubt." In studying the history of the universe itself, there is always a chance that we have got ...
Astronomy
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Studying Uranian moons using passive radar sounding
How can Uranus be used to indirectly study its moons and identify if they possess subsurface oceans? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference hopes to address as a team of scientists ...
Planetary Sciences
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Astronomers listened to the 'music' of flickering stars—and discovered an unexpected feature
The "music" of starquakes—enormous vibrations caused by bursting bubbles of gas that ripple throughout the bodies of many stars—can reveal far more information about the stars' histories and inner workings than scientists ...
Astronomy
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Video: What are the dangers of going to space? We asked a NASA expert
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Space Exploration
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The significance of the recent 'baby pictures' showing the universe when it was just 380,000 years old
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) collaboration, which includes researchers from the University of Toronto, recently produced the clearest images yet of the universe's infancy from the earliest cosmic time accessible ...
Astronomy
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New distant warm Jupiter discovered with TESS
Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new warm Jupiter exoplanet located more than 1,000 light years away. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-2005 ...
Ultralight dark matter could explain early black hole formation
A black hole is a region of space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. There are two main types of black hole; stellar mass and supermassive black holes, and they differ in size, formation, ...
Astronomy
Apr 2, 2025
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Unique bacteria that survive by employing multicellular behavior offer clues to life's evolution
In a recent study, researchers gained new insight into the lives of bacteria that survive by grouping together as if they were a multicellular organism. The organisms in the study are the only bacteria known to do this in ...
Astrobiology
Apr 2, 2025
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Sagittarius C: Webb provides closest look yet at one of Milky Way's most extreme environments
Sagittarius C is one of the most extreme environments in the Milky Way galaxy. This cloudy region of space sits about 200 light-years from the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. Here, a massive and dense ...
Astronomy
Apr 2, 2025
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Galaxies die earlier than expected: Webb sees signs of halted star formation 700 million years after Big Bang
An international team led by UNIGE shows that red and dead galaxies can be found only 700 million years after the Big Bang, indicating that galaxies stop forming stars earlier than predicted by models.
Astronomy
Apr 2, 2025
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