astronomy
Unlocking a New Era in Astronomy From 250 Meters Underground
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The Einstein Telescope is being built around 250 meters underground. With interferometers in the three tunnels, each ten kilometers long, it will ...
Webb Does the “Impossible” – Space Telescope Captures First Glimpse of an Exoplanet’s Interior
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An artist’s concept of WASP-107 b shows turbulent atmospheric mixing within the planet’s gas envelope. Credit: Roberto Molar Candanosa/Johns Hopkins University James ...
NASA Telescope Discovers Exploding Stars ‘Almost Everywhere’
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered an unprecedented collection of ancient supernovae. Astronomers announced that they found 10 times more of ...
Webb Telescope Captures Massive Asteroid Collision in Neighboring Star System
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Astronomers observed a giant asteroid collision in Beta Pictoris, using data from the Webb and Spitzer telescopes. The event, occurring 20 years ...
Hubble Revisits a Strange Star’s 40-Year Nova Mystery
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This artist’s concept shows the nova system HM Sagittae (HM Sge), where a white dwarf star is pulling material from its red ...
How Neutron Stars May Solve the Universe’s Biggest Mystery
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A recent study from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics suggests that neutron stars could play a crucial ...
Mysterious Space Object Transmitting Radio Signals Every 54 Minutes Baffles Scientists
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Astronomers have detected a peculiar radio signal originating from deep space that evades current scientific understanding. Designated ASKAP J1935+2148, the signal repeats ...
‘Impossible’ Discovery Of Frost Near Equator
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This image shows Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano not only on Mars but in the entire Solar System. … [+] The volcano ...
Sharper Than Ever – Io’s Volcanic Surfaces Revealed by New Telescope Technology
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Jupiter moon Io, imaged by SHARK-VIS on January 10, 2024. This is the highest resolution image of Io ever obtained by an ...
Webb Uncovers Most Distant Known Galaxy – “Most Significant Extragalactic Discovery to Date”
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This infrared image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (also called Webb or JWST) was taken by the NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) for ...
