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Showing posts with label Astronomy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Astronomy. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Birth of a very distant cluster of galaxies from the early Universe

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This image shows the protocluster around the Spiderweb galaxy (formally known as MRC 1138-262), seen at a time when the Universe was only 3 ...
Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Preserving the stars: light pollution and what you can do about it

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Astrophysicist Ms Kirsten Banks explains what we can do to reverse the impact of "light glow". Photo Credit: UNSW Sydney. An astro...

New Study Reveals Potential Link Between Two of Astronomy’s Most Mysterious Phenomena

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Artist's conception of fast radio burst reaching Earth. Illustration Credit: Jingchuan Yu, Beijing Planetarium International team of sci...
Monday, March 27, 2023

Giant planet atmospheres vary widely, JWST confirms

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 A ‘hot Jupiter’ called HD 149026b, is about 3 times hotter than the rocky surface of Venus, the hottest planet in our solar system. Illustr...
Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Searching for life with space dust

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Space dust. This piece of interplanetary dust is thought to be part of the early solar system and was found in our atmosphere, demonstrating...

Surprisingly simple explanation for alien comet ‘Oumuamua’s weird orbit

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An artist’s depiction of the interstellar comet ‘Oumuamua, as it warmed up in its approach to the sun and outgassed hydrogen (white mist), w...

Hunting Venus 2.0: Scientists sharpen their sights

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Composite view of Venus consisting of two images from Japan's Akatsuki mission, taken at two different distances. Image Credit: JAXA / I...
Tuesday, March 21, 2023

First results from ESO telescopes on the aftermath of DART’s asteroid impact

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This series of images, taken with the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, shows the evolution of the cloud of debris that was eje...
Thursday, March 16, 2023

‘Terminator zones’ on distant planets could harbor life

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Some exoplanets have one side permanently facing their star while the other side is in perpetual darkness. The ring-shaped border between th...
Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Astronomers find missing link for water in the Solar System

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This artist’s impression shows the planet-forming disc around the star V883 Orionis. In the outermost part of the disc water is frozen out a...
Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Supernova From the Year 185: A Rare View of the Entirety of This Supernova Remnant

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Dark Energy Camera captures the glowing remains of the first-ever documented supernova Full Size Hi-Res Image Image Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE...
Wednesday, February 22, 2023

NASA's Chandra Discovers Giant Black Holes on Collision Course

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NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory helped identify two pairs of dwarf galaxies on track to merge.  Dwarf galaxies, which are at least about 20...
Monday, February 20, 2023

Astrophysics: Scientists Observe High-Speed Star Formation

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Observation of the Cygnus X Region with the flying observatory SOFIA revealed that stars form there more quickly than previously assumed. Re...
Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Four classes of planetary systems

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Artist impression of the four classes of planetary system architecture. A new architecture framework allows researchers to study an entire p...
Thursday, February 9, 2023

Spokes move along Saturn's rings

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Spokes move along Saturn's rings Seven Hubble Space Telescope images, each taken about four minutes apart, are stitched together to show...
Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Astronomers reveal new map of dark matter, mass in universe

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Victor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, left, at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile houses the camera used by the Dark Energy ...
Friday, January 27, 2023

Volcano-like rupture could have caused magnetar slowdown

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An artist's impression of a magnetar eruption.  Illustration Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center On Oct. 5, 2020, the rapidly...
Thursday, January 26, 2023

Astronomers use novel technique to find starspots

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Sunspots Image Credit: HMI / SFLORG/ Via ESO Helioviewer Astronomers have developed a powerful technique for identifying starspots, accordin...
Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Asteroid findings from specks of space dust could save the planet

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Itokawa seen in close-up Image Credit: JAXA Curtin University-led research into the durability and age of an ancient asteroid made of rocky ...
Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Tumultuous migration on the edge of the Hot Neptune Desert

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Did hot Neptunes ever exist? While astronomers observe gas giants and small rocky planets close to their stars, the SPICE DUNE project is in...