Astronomy

Astronomy

Water has a lower critical point

Water in the X-ray laser. Analyzes have identified a critical point in the water at minus 63 degrees. © POSTECH University Water...
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A comet spins backwards

Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák has changed its rotation direction. © NASA/ESA/CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI) Like many other celestial bodies, many comets rotate around themselves....
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World’s first transport of antimatter

This truck has a unique cargo: it carries a special container containing floating antiprotons. © CERN Antimatter is extremely unstable: If it...
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Astronomers find early version of our solar system

This composite image from ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) shows the two growing planets around the young star WISPIT 2. © ESO/C. Lawlor,...
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Where is the boundary between planet and brown dwarf?

Comparison of an extrasolar gas giant with a brown dwarf. Both are similar in many ways, but the planet rotates faster. © WM...
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Asteroid Ryugu contains all five genetic bases

Researchers have detected all five nucleobases found in DNA and RNA in samples from the asteroid Ryugu. © JAMSTEC The genetic code...
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Friction law on the magnetic test stand

Magnetic surfaces also generate a friction force. But this behaves differently than expected according to Amonton's law. © Hongri Gu According to...
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Physicists discover new particle made from three quarks

The newly discovered particle consists of two heavy charm quarks and a down quark. © CERN The proton is a basic building...
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Mass migration of solar twins revealed

Our Sun and many of its peers have undergone a mass migration from the inner reaches of the Milky Way. © National Astronomical...
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Precision test for the standard model

The proton is a fundamental building block of matter and the Standard Model of particle physics. © Kiryl Promotion/ iStock The proton...
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Cause of super-luminous supernovae found?

A magnetar surrounded by a tumbling accretion disk - this could be the reason for the super luminous supernovae. © Joseph Farah and...
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What happens in decaying molecules

Fluoromethane molecule in the XFEL X-ray laser. © European XFEL Chemical reactions are often governed by extremely short-lived transition states that only...
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A compact star quartet

Astronomers have discovered a quadruple star system in a hierarchical 3+1 configuration (illustration). © Arndt_Vladimir / iStock Most stars in space are...
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Puzzle of spherical crystals solved

Two examples of spherulites – polycrystalline spherical structures. © Noushine Shahidzadeh/University of Amsterdam Crystals usually form angular shapes - from cubes to the jagged stars...
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The physics of squeaky sneakers

Physicists have discovered why basketball shoes squeak on the gym floor. © skynesher/ iStock Why do sneakers squeak on the hall floor? Based on this...
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Mapping reveals cold gases in the heart of the Milky Way

ALMA image of the molecular gas Gas in the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) of the Milky Way. © ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/S. Longmore et al. Background: ESO/D....
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How the “snowman” chunks were formed in the Kuiper Belt

This image from the New Horizons spacecraft shows the double chunk 486958) Arrokoth. © NASA Some comets, including the trans-Neptunian object Arrokoth, look more like...
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Cosmic stroke of luck could solve expansion rate puzzles

The five bluish spots of light are the image of a superluminous supernova distorted and copied by a gravitational lens. The two yellowish spots...
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How giant galaxies formed in the early cosmos

This illustration of protocluster SPT2349-56 shows interacting galaxies and gas (orange) being torn apart and heated by tidal forces. © N. Sulzenauer/ MPI for...
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A quantum computer as an optimization genius

A braid of copper-colored cables surrounds an inconspicuous chip in the middle. You can see the Advantage2 quantum annealer from D-Wave. This quantum computer...
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