Astronomy

Astronomy

Trace of a surprisingly young eruption

The dark area around a crevice in the Cerberus Fossae system is probably the trace of a surprisingly recent eruption. (Image: CREDITNASA /...
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Astronomy

Heavy metal vapors discovered around comets

Light spectrum of the comet Light spectrum of C / 2016 R2 with marking of the lines for iron and nickel. (Image: ESO...
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First look at the oldest spiral galaxy

ALMA image of galaxy BRI 1335-0417. (Image: ALMA (ESO / NAOJ / NRAO), T. Tsukui & S. Iguchi) Around two thirds of all known...
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Radiation eruption on Proxima Centauri

Radiation outbreak near Proxima Centauri (illustration) (Image: NRAO / S. Dagnello) The red dwarf star Proxima Centauri is our closest neighbor in space, so its...
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Warmth for the young Mars

High ice clouds on Mars today. (Image: NASA / JPL / MSSS) Mars used to be warmer and wetter than it is today -...
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How a giant planetary baby grows

Artist's impression of the growing exoplanet PDS 70b. (Image: NASA, ESA, STScI, Joseph Olmsted, STScI) A cosmic cradle in sight: Astronomers have gained insights...
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There is also a storm in the stratosphere on Jupiter

Illustration of the winds in the polar stratosphere of Jupiter. (Image: ESO / L. Calçada & NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS) The...
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First look at magnetic fields at the black hole

Light ring around M87 *, the dark lines show the polarization. (Image: EHT Collaboration) In April 2019, the first photo of a black hole...
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Gamma rays reveal an intermediate black hole

By acting as a gravitational lens, the black hole has given itself away. (Image: Carl Knox / OzGrav) Intermediate black holes have so far...
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Interstellar comet is the most pristine comet ever observed

This is what the surface of Comet 2I / Borisov could look like (Image: ESO / M. Kormesser) A good year ago the interstellar comet...
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Astronomy

Atmospheric trace of a hike

Artist's impression of the exoplanet HD 209458b. The shimmering sickle is said to illustrate the light spectra used by astronomers to identify six...
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New physics in the storage ring?

Look at the muon-g-2 experiment. (Image: Fermilab) Recently, there have been more frequent references to gaps in the Standard Model of physics - to...
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Found the neutron star of the supernova 1987A?

The supernova relic 1987 ° in the X-ray image and the central neutron star in an illustration. (Image: Chandra (X-ray): NASA / CXC...
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Hot candidate for atmosphere research

Artist's impression of the surface of the planet Gliese 486b. The astronomers suspect a Venus-like surface with glowing lava flows, but which could...
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The most distant “radio loud” quasar

Illustration of the quasar P172 + 18 (Image: ESO / M. Kornmesser) Quasars are the brightest and most distant objects that can be observed in...
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Physicists measure the smallest gravitational force to date

Gold balls as test masses. (Image: Tobias Westphal / University of Vienna) Gravitation is formative for our universe - and yet it is elusive....
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Exoplanet in second garment?

Artist's impression of the planet GJ 1132b with what is probably the second atmosphere in its evolutionary history. (Image: NASA, ESA, and R....
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First type 1ax supernova in our galaxy

Supernova relic Sagittarius A East (blue) (Image: NASA / CXC / Nanjing Univ., P. Zhou et al .; NSF / NRAO / VLA In our...
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Hydrogen chloride on Mars

The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter examines the composition of the atmosphere on Mars. (Image: ESA) Even if Mars is one of the best-researched planets...
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The wild cosmos in view

Modern astronomy always leads to new aha moments. (Image: MarioGuti / iStock) From galactic magnetic fields, the cosmic baby boom and the turbulent formation...
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