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Showing posts with label Space Science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Space Science. 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

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...
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

Uracil found in Ryugu samples

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A conceptual image for sampling materials on the asteroid Ryugu containing uracil and niacin by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft Image Credit: NASA ...

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 15, 2023

Scientists have new tool to estimate how much water might be hidden beneath a planet’s surface

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Exoplanets similar to Earth, artist concept. Image Credit: NASA Scientists from the University of Cambridge now have a way to estimate how m...
Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Could Space Dust Help Protect the Earth from Climate Change?

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Illustration Credit: Ben Bromley/University of Utah On a cold winter day, the warmth of the Sun is welcome. Yet as humanity emits more green...
Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Simulations show aftermath of black hole collision

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New simulations of two black holes colliding near the speed of light reveal the mysterious physics of what one astrophysicist calls "on...

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...

Meteorite crater discovered in French winery

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The “Trou du Météore": The crater at the “Domaine du Météore" winery really was caused by a meteorite impact. Photo Credit: Frank ...

On the track of the big bang: The most sensitive detector for measuring radioactivity is now in dresden

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Prof. Kai Zuber (right) and Steffen Turkat Photo Credit: Courtesy of Technische Universität Dresden The "Felsenkeller" underground...
Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Unknown class of water-rich asteroids identified

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Dwarf planet Ceres. Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA / Justin Cowart Small planets originate from the edge of our S...
Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Scientists find first observational evidence linking black holes to dark energy

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Artist’s impression of a supermassive black hole. Cosmological coupling allows black holes to grow in mass without consuming gas or stars. I...
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...
Sunday, February 5, 2023

Breakthrough laboratory confirmation of key theory behind the formation of planets, stars and supermassive black holes

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Pillars of Creation: By combining images of the iconic Pillars of Creation from two cameras aboard NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the un...
Wednesday, February 1, 2023

The moon is too hot and too cold; now it could be just right for humans, thanks to newly available science

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Issam Mudawar’s research on heat transfer could enable space habitats to be built in extreme environments like the moon. Photo Credit: Purdu...