Astronomy

Astronomy

Tiny star produces 64 trillion(!) kilometers of track in space

The discovery of this grand feat may provide more insight into the origin of the relatively abundant positrons observed on Earth. In 2020, scientists...
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Astronomy

NASA’s Massive Moon Rocket Moves to Launch Pad This Week

The rocket is expected to propel the brand-new Orion spacecraft to the moon this spring. NASA's new launch vehicle - the Space Launch System...
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Astronomy

NASA is going to investigate a rather unique 50-year-old lunar sample

It is hoped that the monster can tell more about the moon and provide new knowledge about how best to sample the moon...
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Astronomy

Astronomers rule out a black hole

This artist's rendering shows what what was previously thought to be a triple black hole system might actually look like. The dual system...
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Astronomy

The mystery of the missing galaxy M102

What does a galaxy look like from the side? The space photo of the week shows it. The Hubble Space Telescope captured this...
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Astronomy

It’s raining threats on Twitter, but could the Russians really crash the International Space Station?

In response to sanctions imposed by the west, the director of Roscosmos has regularly played out loud on social media in recent weeks...
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Astronomy

Consortium chosen by ESA will make oxygen on the moon

After an exciting competition, the European Space Agency has selected the industrial team that will extract oxygen from lunar regolite using an ingenious...
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Astronomy

Molecular discovery in a protoplanetary disk

iIllustration of the protoplanetary disk around the star IRS 48, spectral emission of dimethyl ether (blue) and the molecule. ©ESO/L. Calçada, ALMA...
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Astronomy

How asteroid 2022 AE1 seemed to pose a threat to Earth for a while

The 70-meter large asteroid 2022 AE1 was discovered in early January. This object appeared to pose a potential threat to Earth and...
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Astronomy

Molecule with as many as nine atoms discovered in a planet-forming disk

It is the largest molecule discovered to date in a planet-forming disk and a precursor to even larger organic molecules that in turn...
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Astronomy

These rules should apply to all life – even if it’s nothing like us

Even if extraterrestrial life uses completely different molecules than terrestrial organisms, it would have to stick to a set of relationships found by...
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Astronomy

Curiosity photographs tiny “coral” on Mars

Is it a coral? Is it a flower? Wrong: It's a tiny mineral formation on the red planet. The space photo of...
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Astronomy

Mysterious rocket booster hits the moon today

The object — a rocket booster whose origins are hotly disputed — will create a new crater on the moon this afternoon. In late...
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Astronomy

Nearest black hole turns out to be a mirage

The existence of a black hole just a thousand light-years away has been disputed, but has now been debunked. In 2020, astronomers came up...
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Astronomy

Mini bugs with amazing flying technique

Model of the wing movements of a feather-winged beetle and visualization of the air currents (below). (Image: Adapted from Farisenkov et al. Nature,...
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Astronomy

Consequences of the war in Ukraine reach as far as Mars

Partly due to the sanctions imposed on Russia, it is very unlikely that the European Mars rover Rosalind Franklin will be launched in...
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Astronomy

In the wake of a collision between two neutron stars, scientists have now spotted something very new

But what that exactly is remains shrouded in mystery. In 2017, GW170817 was world news for a while. For the first time, researchers...
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Astronomy

James Webb no longer squints

Remember him, that 'failed' picture from the James Webb Space Telescope? It now looks a lot better. Just still don't expect...
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Astronomy

Don’t Look Up? Jupiter was hit by a large comet in 1994

65 million years ago, a large asteroid hit Earth and the dinosaurs died out. But how realistic is the screenplay in the...
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Astronomy

Planet formation in dying stars?

This illustration clarifies the guesses of the astronomers. © N.Stecki Planets are usually not much younger than their cosmic mothers - only young stars...
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