Astronomy

Astronomy

Corrected moon age

A good hundred million years after its formation, the moon was highly volcanically active. This could have distorted dates. © MPS/Alexey Chizhik ...
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Astronomy

First binary star in the Milky Way’s black hole

Object D9 orbits close to the Milky Way's central black hole, Sagittarius A*. Observations have now revealed that D9 is a young binary star...
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Gamma ray burst captured on M87* jet

Images of M87*'s jet in various regions of radio and X-ray emission and light curve of the gamma-ray burst (below). © EHT Collaboration, Fermi-LAT...
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What “Firefly Sparkle” reveals about the early Milky Way

The distant galaxy "Firefly Sparkle" provides new clues about the possible evolution of the early Milky Way. © NASA/ESA/CSA, STScI, Chris Willott (NRC-Canada), Lamiya...
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Cosmic expansion remains controversial

The galaxy NGC 4258 is one of the galaxies whose distance astronomers have now checked using the James Webb Telescope. © ESA/NASA/CSA, J. Glenn,...
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Energetic electrons from space

The HESS Observatory in Namibia has captured the most energetic cosmic electrons to date. © MPIK/HESS Collaboration ...
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How complicated is the cosmos?

Humans still have difficulty understanding the universe. © den-belitsky/Istock One foundation of the...
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Simulation reveals sun’s polar vortex

Simulation of the polar vortex on the Sun in its initial state. Later, the vortices migrate further poleward and only two remain. © University...
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Why the Mars Mole Failed

NASA's Mars InSight probe on the surface of Mars (illustration). Their thermal probe HP3 has now provided new insights into the Martian subsurface near...
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Astronomy

Brown dwarf turns out to be a binary system

Gliese 229B was the first brown dwarf discovered by astronomers. Now it turns out that it actually consists of two small brown dwarfs that...
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Euclid Space Telescope delivers first mosaic

Overview of the mosaic of 206 observations from the Euclid Space Telescope. It covers around 500 times the area of ​​the full moon in...
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CO2 ice and hydrogen peroxide detected on Pluto’s moon Charon

This spectrum, created by the James Webb Telescope, shows the signatures of various molecules on Pluto's moon Charon. © Silvia Protopapa (SwRI), Ian Wong...
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Astronomers find exoplanets around Barnard’s star

There is at least one small rocky planet around the red dwarf Barnard's Star, which is only six light-years away. © ESO/M. grain knife ...
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Most detailed infrared map of our Milky Way

Selection of Milky Way objects recorded by the VISTA infrared telescope as part of the VVV and VVVX surveys. © ESO/VVVX survey ...
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Cosmic mega-jets discovered

Artist's impression of the record-breaking jet pair "Porphyrion". E. Wernquist / D. Nelson (IllustrisTNG Collaboration) / M. Oei ...
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Black hole prevents star formation

The early galaxy GS-10578 hardly forms any new stars anymore, although it existed during a time of intense galaxy growth in the young cosmos....
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Stellar “bubbling” observed

Video: A time-lapse image of R Doradus shows hot bubbles – 75...
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Event Horizon Telescope now sees more clearly

This simulation shows what a black hole similar to Sagittarius A* looks like at the current wavelength of 1300 micrometers and how much sharper...
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JUICE space probe on home visit

The European space probe JUICE will perform a double flyby maneuver on the Moon and Earth on its way to the Jupiter system. ©...
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What the quantum world “expects” from us

Quantum physics poses great challenges to the human imagination. © koto_feja/iStock Paradoxical effects,...
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