Astronomers find surprising ice world in the habitable zone with JWST data
A team of astronomers has identified a temperate exoplanet as a promising super-Earth ice or water world.
A team of astronomers has identified a temperate exoplanet as a promising super-Earth ice or water world.
Astrobiology
Jul 8, 2024
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Neutron stars are extreme and mysterious objects that astrophysicists cannot see inside. With a radius of around 12 kilometers, they can have more than twice the mass of the sun. The matter in them is packed up to five times ...
Astronomy
Jul 8, 2024
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An exoplanet infamous for its deadly weather has been hiding another bizarre feature—it reeks of rotten eggs, according to a new Johns Hopkins University study of data from the James Webb Space Telescope.
Planetary Sciences
Jul 8, 2024
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Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spent an unexpected Fourth of July aboard the International Space Station—but it was hardly a patriotic display of engineering prowess.
Space Exploration
Jul 8, 2024
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An international team of astronomers has conducted a survey of variable stars in the field of a globular cluster known as NGC 6558. As a result, they identified dozens of variables, out of which two turned out to be new cluster ...
The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth.
Space Exploration
Jul 7, 2024
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As predicted by the theory of general relativity, the passage of gravitational waves can leave a measurable change in the relative positions of objects. This physical phenomenon, known as gravitational wave memory, could ...
An international research group led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) and comprising 34 research institutes and universities worldwide utilized the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on board the ...
Astronomy
Jul 5, 2024
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Using the repurposed equipment, a team including Imperial College London researchers have measured parts of the Martian atmosphere that were previously impossible to probe. This includes areas that can block radio signals ...
Planetary Sciences
Jul 5, 2024
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This new picture of the month from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope features the gravitational lensing of the quasar known as RX J1131-1231, located roughly six billion light-years from Earth in the constellation ...
Astronomy
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