An international team, including astronomers from Keele University, has performed a unique cosmic test to measure the mass of an ancient star, which will help them learn more about the history of our galaxy.
Astronomy
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The discovery of more than 15,000 kilometers of ancient riverbeds on Mars suggests that the Red Planet may once have been much wetter than previously thought.
Planetary Sciences
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Astronomers from Bulgaria and Egypt have performed multi-wavelength observations of a well-known blazar designated S5 0716+714. Results of the observational campaign, published June 23 in the Monthly Notices of the Royal ...
The moon's near and far sides exhibit striking asymmetry—from topography and crustal thickness to volcanic activity—yet the origins of these differences have long puzzled scientists.
Planetary Sciences
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When white dwarfs—the hot remnants of stars like our sun—are orbited closely by another star, they sometimes steal mass away from their companion. The stolen matter builds up on the surface of the white dwarf, triggering ...
Astronomy
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The answer to whether tiny bacterial life-forms really do exist in the clouds of Venus could be revealed once and for all by a UK-backed mission.
Astrobiology
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With the recent first light milestone for the Vera Rubin Observatory, it's only a matter of time before one of astronomy's most long-awaited surveys begins. The Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) is set to start on November ...
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A team of international researchers led by Tomas Stolker in the Netherlands has imaged a young gas giant exoplanet near a 12-million-year-old star. The planet is orbiting a star whose planet formation has finished, while ...
Planetary Sciences
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If we're to land humans on Mars in the coming decades, we'll have to know what challenges await them when they get there.
Space Exploration
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Space Rider is ESA's reusable spacecraft in development. It will be about the size of two minivans and will allow for many kinds of missions, ranging from pharmaceutical research to in-orbit manufacturing, visiting orbital ...
Space Exploration
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