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Astronomers May Soon Spot Universe’s First Stars, Thanks To Hungry Black Holes
In the darkness of the early cosmos, long before the first galaxies lit up the night, a special type of star was bursting to life. Formed from pristine hydrogen and helium, these first-generation...
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‘Io On Steroids’: Astronomers Discover Scorching ‘Hell’ Planet In Deadly...
In the cosmic ballet of stars and planets, astronomers from the University of California-Riverside have stumbled upon a bizarre world trapped in a relentless tug-of-war between its sun and two giant...
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Astronomers Discover Oldest Known Stars In Universe From 13 Billion Years Ago
A team of astronomers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has identified a unique population of ancient stars that are providing unprecedented insights into the early universe and the...
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NASA Satellites Detect Early Signs Of Flash Droughts Thanks To ‘Glowing’ Plants
In the summer of 2012, a severe drought swept across much of the United States, causing widespread crop failure and economic losses exceeding $30 billion. Unlike typical droughts that develop...
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Scientists Use ‘Thermal Trap Effect’ To Capture Solar Energy At Extreme...
In the global fight against climate change, decarbonizing electricity and transportation has been at the forefront. However, there’s an often-overlooked sector that accounts for a staggering 50...
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Astronomers Discover Earth-Sized Planet That’s Airless Ball Of Rock
An Earth-sized planet has been discovered just 55 light years away — but don’t plan on living there. While the planet, named SPECULOOS-3b, orbits a small, cold star and shares some similarities with...
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Astronomers Discover Cotton Candy-Like Planet That Defies Explanation
In a cosmic discovery that has left scientists scratching their heads, an international team of researchers led by the EXOTIC Laboratory at the University of Liège in Belgium has found an...
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Atomic Clocks Reveal Mysterious Nature Of Quantum Tunneling Time
For nearly a century, the peculiar phenomenon of quantum tunneling has captivated physicists and challenged our understanding of the subatomic world. In the realm of quantum mechanics, particles can...
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Falling On The Moon? MIT’s ‘SuperLimbs’ Could Help Astronauts Get Back Up
Astronauts will soon be getting a “leg up” on moonwalks thanks to engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Harry Asada and his team at MIT are developing a pair of wearable...
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‘We’ll Be Studying This Event For Years’: NASA Reveals How It Tracked...
In a display of cosmic power that left scientists awestruck, the Sun unleashed a barrage of solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) during the first week of May. The resulting solar storm, the...
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Space Debris Won’t Destroy Earth After All — Threat Of Notorious Asteroid...
A recent study has brought welcome news about Earth’s cosmic neighborhood: a notorious stream of space debris called the Taurid swarm contains far fewer dangerous asteroids than scientists previously...
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The Mystery of Cosmic Flashbulbs: Why Fast Radio Bursts Choose Wealthy...
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are among the most energetic events in our universe. These cosmic flashbulbs release more energy in a millisecond than our Sun produces in an entire year. Now, scientists have...
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Tiny Asteroid Grain Cracks 4.6-Billion-Year-Old Magnetic Mystery
Not all magnetic fields are created equal. While Earth currently boasts a respectable magnetic field strength of 50 microtesla, scientists have discovered that the outer solar system was built using...
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Solar Scientists Predict Massive Whirlpools at the Sun’s Poles
Earth isn’t the only celestial body with polar vortices—massive spinning weather formations that develop around its poles. New research suggests that our Sun likely has its own version of these...
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‘Instant’ Galaxies Spotted In Early Universe — Dark Matter Theory Now In Crisis?
Imagine building a house, but instead of starting with the foundation and working your way up, you somehow had a fully-formed mansion appear almost instantly. That’s essentially what astronomers have...
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