Astronomy

Astronomy

Traces discovered of a solar storm that raged at a very unexpected moment

About 9,200 years ago, during the solar minimum, the Earth was suddenly bombarded with a hot stream of charged particles. And that's...
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Astronomy

Astronomers track a star near a black hole for 20 years and see something remarkable

How do you make a black hole visible? Astronomers have spent 20 years photographing a star near the Milky Way's central supermassive...
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Astronomy

If there was life on Mars, it may have survived much longer than thought

It was believed that Martian lakes and rivers dried up about 3 billion years ago. But a new analysis shows that Mars...
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Astronomy

Dumped rocket booster will hit the moon in March (but don’t worry about that)

You may be a little indignant about it… After floating in space for seven years, an old staircase from a Falcon 9 rocket will...
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Astronomy

Astronomers spot very mysterious, previously unseen object in our galactic backyard

The enigmatic object, which releases a gigantic burst of energy three times an hour, is unlike anything astronomers have ever seen before. Australian scientists...
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Astronomy

A staggering 18 percent of this observatory’s photos are photobombed by satellites — and astronomers can’t help but laugh

A staggering 18 percent of this observatory's photos are photobombed by satellites — and astronomers can't help but laugh
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Astronomy

The James Webb telescope is home!

The telescope entered orbit around Lagrange point 2 last night. And with that, a month-long and at times nerve-wracking journey has come to...
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Astronomy

Possible exo-moon in sight

Artist's rendering of the possible Exomondes Kepler-1708 bi, along with its planet and host star. (Picture: HELENA VALENZUELA RESISTROM) Astronomers present renewed evidence of...
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Astronomy

James Webb telescope arrives at its destination today

The arrival marks the end of a bizarre 1.5 million kilometer journey across the universe and the beginning of a beautiful mission in...
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Astronomy

This is the very first picture of a planet near another star

This weekend we celebrate that the very first exoplanet was found thirty years ago. The space photo of the week is this...
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Astronomy

Saturn’s moon Mimas also appears to have a subterranean ocean

And that means there may be many more habitable worlds in our galaxy than previously thought. Until now, Saturn's small moon Mimas was thought...
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Astronomy

Future astronauts beware: in the universe your body destroys many more red blood cells

During a six-month space mission, researchers found that the human body destroys about 54 percent more red blood cells than it normally would. On...
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Astronomy

No planet is as close to its demise as this newly discovered specimen

Exoplanet TOI-2337b will be swallowed by its parent star in less than 1 million years. And that's faster than any other currently...
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Astronomy

Intriguing find on Mars may just hint at extraterrestrial life (but it doesn’t have to!)

Several of the samples collected by Mars rover Curiosity are found to be rich in the kind of carbon created on Earth by...
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Astronomy

Mars rover Perseverance chokes on rock – what next?

There is probably no other option than to empty the contents of the sample tube and somehow get rid of the stuck stones. Mars...
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Astronomy

Rings explain structure of the solar system

Protoplanetary disk around the young star HL Tauri. (Image: © ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)) How did the solar system get its typical structure? And why...
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Astronomy

Cosmic tadpole with 280,000 light-year tail flees a ‘crime scene’

This long tail probably formed after a collision with another galaxy. The Tadpole System is located 420 million light-years from Earth. That's about...
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Astronomy

Once again, astronomers believe they have spotted an exomoon – but confirmation could be years away

An exoplanet Kepler 1708b may be circling 5,500 light-years from Earth. In recent years, astronomers have discovered thousands of candidate exoplanets. And from...
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Astronomy

Star skims past another star system and in the process turns the protoplanetary disk upside down

Using ALMA, researchers caught the "invader" red-handed, creating chaotic, sprawling streams of gas and dust in the flattened disk surrounding the young protostar. Scientists...
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Astronomy

Earth just happens to be in the heart of a giant star-giving bubble

And now researchers have unraveled how that bubble and the young stars that surround us came to be. Our solar system is located in...
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