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Astronomers Detect Stellar Winds From Sun-Like Stars For First Time
History was made after University of Vienna astronomers directly detected stellar winds from three Sun-like stars by recording the X-ray emission from their astrospheres. This achievement — published...
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Earth Faces Possible Geomagnetic Storms After 4 Massive Explosions On The Sun
Don’t be surprised if you lose power or cellphone service this week. That’s because the planet could experience disturbances called geomagnetic storms as a result of four massive explosions were...
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Why Venus Could Help Us Find Habitable Earth-Like Planets In Universe
Does searing-hot, toxic-atmosphered Venus hold the key to finding life in the universe? Scientists from the University of California-Riverside believe so. While it might seem like an unlikely place to...
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Webb Telescope Spots Ancient Galactic Bars, Reshaping Cosmic History
Thanks to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers are learning that the universe’s earliest galaxies evolved much faster than previously known. Using images from the JWST, astronomers...
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Solar ‘Moss’ Mystery Solved: Braided Magnetic Fields Heat Sun’s Atmosphere
The surface of our Sun is a turbulent, ever-changing landscape of incredible heat and complex magnetic activity. Amidst this chaos, scientists have long puzzled over a peculiar feature they’ve dubbed...
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Astronomers Create First-Ever ‘3D Movie’ Of Black Hole Flare
Nearly everything that falls into a black hole is lost forever, crushed into an infinitesimally small point at the center called a singularity. But not everything is doomed. The swirling disk of gas...
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Massive Galactic ‘Chimney’ Discovered In Virgo Cluster
High in the skies above northern Chile, the Very Large Telescope (VLT) has its sights set on NGC 4383, an unassuming galaxy in the Virgo cluster, some 55 million light-years from Earth. But as a new...
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China Set To Blast Off To Far Side Of The Moon. Here’s What It Could Discover
Article written by Ben Rider-Stokes, The Open University China is attempting to recover the first-ever soil and rock samples from the lunar far side. The surface mission, Chang’e 6, named after the...
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A ‘Cosmic Glitch’ in Einstein’s Theory? New Evidence Suggests Gravity May...
Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity, which describes gravity as a warping of space and time, has been a cornerstone of physics for over a century. It’s passed every test scientists have...
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Death Spiral: How Magnetism Dooms Planets Orbiting Turbulent Stars
Every romance has its tidal forces — the push and pull between partners as their relationship evolves over time. The same is true for stars and the giant planets that orbit them in tight embraces....
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Unexpected Discovery: BepiColombo Spacecraft Detects Escaping Ions At Venus
A joint mission from the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency captured a remarkable moment on Venus. In August 2021, as the BepiColombo spacecraft swung by the scorching...
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NASA’s Webb Telescope Maps Weather On Scorching Jupiter-Like Planet ‘WASP-43b’
If only we could get weather forecasts this accurately on Earth. An international team of astronomers were able to use NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to map weather on a scorching planet 280...
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Boeing’s Starliner Launch Represents Important Milestone For Commercial...
Article written by Wendy Whitman Cobb, Air University If all goes well late on May 6, 2024, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will blast off into space on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft....
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Supernova 2023ixf: A Cosmic Ray Mystery
In the grand scheme of the cosmos, supernovae are among the most spectacular and transformative events. These cataclysmic explosions, signaling the death of a massive star, release an astonishing...
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Two Bus-Sized Asteroids To Buzz By Earth In Close Encounters
Two bus-sized asteroids will be buzzing by Earth over the next couple of days. According to NASA’s Asteroid Watch, 2024 JF will be flying by on Monday, while 2024 JR1 will make its close encounter...
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Scientists Unveil Groundbreaking Warp Drive Model, Bringing Sci-Fi Dreams...
Can warp drive technology become a reality? A team of international scientists from Applied Physics believe so. This concept, which has long been a staple of science fiction, is now inching closer to...
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Early Supermassive Black Holes Grew From Massive ‘Seeds,’ MIT Astronomers...
In the cosmic dawn of the universe, gigantic black holes and fledgling galaxies were locked in a dance of growth, but it seems the black holes may have taken the lead. A new study, published in The...
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Astronomers Discover Potential Atmosphere On Lava-Covered ‘Super-Earth’
In a thrilling cosmic discovery, researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found compelling evidence of an atmosphere surrounding a distant rocky planet known as 55 Cancri e. This...
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First Space Train By 2030? Rail System For The Moon ‘Floated’ By NASA
The moon may be getting quite a face-lift in the next decade in the form of a railway system. NASA is pushing forward with funding for a train-like vehicle that can help support daily operations of a...
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NASA’s Roman Telescope Seeks To Uncover ‘Featherweight’ Black Holes Hiding In...
In the vast expanse of the universe, black holes are among the most fascinating and enigmatic objects. These cosmic behemoths, born from the collapse of massive stars or the merging of heavy objects,...
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