Astronomy

Astronomy

Forget ‘Oumuamua: The very first interstellar visitor we spotted may have burned up in our atmosphere!

Introducing CNEOS-2014-01-08: a small interstellar object that went down in the Earth's atmosphere in 2014, but now – thanks in part to the...
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Astronomy

Astronomers spot extremely violent explosions on exhausted stars

These are a whole new kind of star explosions that scientists have dubbed 'micronovas'. We know that things are often violent in the...
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Astronomy

Aliens on Europe? That’s getting more and more plausible!

If we look at our own Greenland, Europe - one of the best candidates for extraterrestrial life in our solar system - may...
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Astronomy

Hubble Space Telescope is celebrating its birthday soon and is already treating you to a delicious photo!

The picture shows five 'dancing' galaxies, doomed to step on each other's toes soon. Hubble Space Telescope will celebrate its 32nd birthday next week!...
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Astronomy

Thick ice cover in Mercury’s craters may be due to comets, asteroids and space dust

Incoming small celestial bodies: more may not be needed to explain the presence of water ice on Mercury. In the interior of our...
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Astronomy

The turbulent teenage years of our Milky Way

Visualization of the Milky Way from above. © Stefan Payne-Wardenaar / MPIA Our home galaxy appears relatively stable and calm today. But it...
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Astronomy

Sun adds luster to Easter weekend with huge solar flare

Two and a half weeks ago we wrote 'Sun spits out huge solar flare – and that's just the beginning'. And yes,...
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Astronomy

600 brown dwarfs hide in this cosmic angel

The space photo of the week is this gorgeous Hubble image of the angelic nebula S106. In the center of the nebula...
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Astronomy

Crucial test for NASA’s moon rocket aborted for the third time

They don't really like it. Three times is not a charm for NASA. For the third time in a row, the so-called wet...
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Astronomy

Astronomers stumble upon a monstrous surprise in one of the most studied pieces of the night sky

Researchers have discovered a supermassive precursor to a black hole that existed when the universe was just a toddler. And possibly this...
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Astronomy

New kinds of ice volcanoes could appear on Pluto

Image of Pluto's ice volcano region. © NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Isaac Herrera/Kelsi Singer The distant dwarf planet Pluto has surprised...
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Astronomy

Discovered a ‘skinny’ red giant for the first time

This 'downsized' star appears to have been robbed by a greedy neighbor. Meanwhile, millions of so-called red giant stars have already been found in...
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Astronomy

We’re going to be pestering any aliens on TRAPPIST-1 with Russian music (and our climate issues) this fall

In an effort to make initial contact and raise awareness about the climate crisis, powerful radio messages will be sent by scientists and...
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Astronomy

Hubble confirms ‘monster comet’ is largest comet ever

The comet nucleus has a diameter of almost 130 kilometers, making this sample as much as 50 times larger than the heart of...
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Astronomy

Three asteroids pose no danger to Earth after all – but one turns out to be more dangerous

Thanks to Groningen astronomers, the list of asteroids that could ram into Earth in the coming century has become somewhat shorter. If an asteroid...
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Astronomy

NASA is going to investigate whether it can also go into space without rockets

Take, for example: an enormous vacuum chamber containing a rapidly rotating arm. And lo and behold: an innovative, cheap way to put...
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Astronomy

Neptune is acting crazy: Scientists see temperatures on the ice giant drop unexpectedly

And they can't explain that right now. Like the Earth, Neptune – as it revolves around the sun – has different seasons. But...
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Astronomy

Higher dimension makes travelable wormhole an option

A wormhole that you can actually fly through is indeed possible. At least: if we assume that our universe has an extra...
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Astronomy

The W boson is heavier

The Tevatron particle accelerator in the USA provided the data for the mass measurement. © Fermilab The W boson is the carrier particle of...
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Astronomy

You’ve never seen Saturn so beautiful before

The space photo of the week is this stunning shot of our solar system's most famous ring planet, Saturn. The photo was...
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