The latest from Juno as Jupiter appears bright in the night sky
Now is a great time to see Jupiter in the night sky, as the planet reaches opposition on Wednesday, May 9.
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Four years of NASA NEOWISE data
NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission has released its fourth year of survey data. Since the mission was restarted in December 2013, after a period of hibernation, the asteroid- and ...
Space Exploration
Apr 23, 2018
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Is the cosmic colossus RCS2J2327 heavier than allowed?
An international team of scientists led by researchers from the Argelander Institute for Astronomy has mapped the mass distribution in a distant galaxy cluster (RCS2J2327). This cosmic colossus is located in the constellation ...
Astronomy
Jan 12, 2018
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Juno probe discovers surprising activity in Jupiter's interior
NASA's Juno spacecraft has plumbed the depths of Jupiter, revealing that the planet's famous bands of swirling winds extend thousands of kilometres down. The work is the sharpest glimpse yet into Jupiter's interior.
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Oct 24, 2017
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Discovery of a rare quadruple gravitational lens candidate with Pan-STARRS
Astronomers from the United States Naval Observatory (USNO) in conjunction with colleagues from the University of California, Davis, and Rutgers University have discovered the first quadruple gravitational lens candidate ...
Astronomy
Jul 25, 2017
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Turbulence in planetary cores excited by tides
Veritable shields against high-energy particles, planets' magnetic fields are produced by iron moving in their liquid core. Yet the dominant model for explaining this system does not fit the smallest celestial bodies. Researchers ...
General Physics
Jul 24, 2017
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Breaking Newton's Law: Intriguing oscillatory back-and-forth motion of a quantum particle
A ripe apple falling from a tree has inspired Sir Isaac Newton to formulate a theory that describes the motion of objects subject to a force. Newton's equations of motion tell us that a moving body keeps on moving on a straight ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 1, 2017
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'Gravitational noise' interferes with determining the coordinates of distant sources
Our galaxy's gravitational field limits the accuracy of astrometric observations of distant objects. This is most apparent for objects that are obscured behind the central regions of the galaxy and the galactic plane, where ...
Astronomy
Feb 21, 2017
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Experiment involving ultracold rubidium lifts off with research rocket
Physicists want to use ultracold gases in space to measure the Earth's gravitational field, to subject Einstein's Equivalence Principle to an accurate test, and also to detect gravitational waves. The first flight in a sounding ...
General Physics
Feb 2, 2017
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Saturn's gravity uncovered by satellite images
Scientists from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) are part of an international team that has discovered minute fluctuations in Saturn's gravitational field using several thousand images of the planet's moons obtained ...
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Nov 21, 2016
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