Astronomy

Astronomy

Mars cart Perseverance is looking for a suitable landing spot for its successor

And the mantra is: the duller, the better. Mars rover Perseverance is on the hunt for traces of (decayed) life. And in this...
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Astronomy

Zombies in a dead galaxy: Bizarre exoplanets were discovered 30 years ago and turn out to be very rare

The first evidence of a planet outside our solar system came in 1992. This exoplanet was found near a rapidly spinning neutron star,...
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Astronomy

‘Hopeless’ search for neutrinos from just after the Big Bang, a small step further

If you want to cash in on a Nobel Prize quickly, you'd better choose another subject. But the experiment KATRIN has just...
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Astronomy

This is the impressive first color image from the James Webb telescope

US President Joe Biden unveiled the first color image from NASA's James Webb telescope at the White House yesterday. This first image...
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Astronomy

Huge cloud of gas in our Milky Way galaxy is full of ingredients of building blocks for life

At the center of our Milky Way, the building blocks of RNA are abundant. Are these nitriles responsible for life on Earth...
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Astronomy

Surface of asteroid Bennu turns out to be a ball pit

The boulders that make up the surface of asteroid Bennu barely stick together, new research shows. The asteroid Bennu continues to amaze. Earlier,...
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Astronomy

Colliding galaxies? Yes, but you have to look closely!

Somewhere in this Hubble image, two galaxies collide. And no, it's not the two large spiral galaxies that seem to be sliding...
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Astronomy

These ancient microbes lived on light. And now help us track down extraterrestrial life

The earliest life on Earth got its energy from sunlight, which penetrated deep into the waters of the ocean. What does that...
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Astronomy

James Webb shortlist announced: we will see these cosmic crown jewels on Tuesday

We finally know which objects James Webb photographed and what we will see images of next Tuesday. It's an impressive list! We are...
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Astronomy

Citizen scientist tracks down 34 ultra-cool brown dwarfs without fear of commitment

It seems that brown dwarfs also regularly have a companion. If we take our sun as an example, you would think that stars often...
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Astronomy

First pictures of James Webb are coming – and NASA is already setting high expectations

In the run-up to the long-awaited color images, the American agency is already making us happy with a very good test photo. We are...
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Astronomy

Newly discovered, hefty space rock is coming closer than the moon today

The nearer will pass our planet at 'only' 89,000 kilometers. Only a few days ago, space rock 2022 NF came into the crosshairs of...
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Astronomy

In space, your bones can age ten years in six months (but you can do something about it)

A trip to space is no fun for your body. In fact, even extremely fit astronauts have weakened bones long after return....
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Astronomy

Mysterious rocket component that crashed on the moon in March turns out to have left behind a strange crater

Images of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter reveal that the missile part has struck a double crater. And that's surprising. In late January, data...
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Astronomy

Sizzling 10-year anniversary Higgs boson: protons collide harder than ever at CERN

July 4, 2022 will mark ten years since physicists at CERN announced the discovery of the Higgs boson. After a search of...
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Astronomy

Are water worlds more common than expected?

Exoplanets with atmospheres of hydrogen and helium could have temperatures and pressures that allow for water in liquid form. © (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)...
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Astronomy

Giant corn kernels the size of France: this is what the sun looks like up close

Curious what our mother star looks like up close? The space photo of the week shows it! This image was taken in 2020...
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Astronomy

Biofinder breakthrough in search for extraterrestrial life: ‘If this succeeds, the world will shake to its foundations’

For the time being, extraterrestrial life does not present itself on a silver platter in the form of UFOs full of space creatures....
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Astronomy

NASA is going to ram a moon in September – and that could have much bigger consequences than expected

The US space agency expects to create a small crater, but new research suggests it will change the moon beyond recognition. The DART spacecraft...
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Astronomy

Asteroid impact penciled into the calendar before April 2, 2052 can be erased

Scientists reassure after an intensive manhunt: asteroid 2021 QM1 on closer inspection poses no threat to Earth this century. For months, a looming space...
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