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A new way of dating collisions between asteroids and planetary bodies throughout our Solar System's history could help scientists reconstruct how and when planets were born.
Feb 24th, 2022
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Study proves ground-based telescopes can search for planets with two suns.
Feb 23rd, 2022
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Astronomers find evidence for the tightest-knit supermassive black hole duo observed to date.
Feb 23rd, 2022
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The phenomenon of fast radio bursts is one of the greatest mysteries of modern astrophysics. Until now it has been believed that their source is magnetars. The latest discovery may partially revise this view.
Feb 23rd, 2022
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A chemical used in electric vehicle batteries could also give us carbon-free fuel for space flight. In addition to emission reductions, this chemical also has several advantages over other types of rocket fuels: higher energy, lower costs, and no requirement for frozen storage.
Feb 23rd, 2022
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Scientists have provided an important clue to the origin of the element Ytterbium in the Milky Way, by showing that the element largely originates from supernova explosions. The groundbreaking research also provides new opportunities for studying the evolution of our galaxy.
Feb 23rd, 2022
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Researchers also find salt deposits in an impact crater on the dwarf planet.
Feb 23rd, 2022
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Our galaxy is a giant 'smoothie' of blended stars and gas but a new study tells us where the components came from.
Feb 23rd, 2022
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A spectacular head-on collision between two galaxies fueled the unusual triangular-shaped star-birthing frenzy, as captured in a new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
Feb 22nd, 2022
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The planet's night side likely hosts iron clouds, titanium rain, and winds that dwarf Earth's jetstream.
Feb 21st, 2022
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Astrophysicists have detected a special methane compound outside the solar system for the first time.
Feb 21st, 2022
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Nasa has announced plans for the International Space Station (ISS) to be officially decommissioned in 2031. After dozens of launches since 1998 got the station up and into orbit, bringing it down will be a feat of its own - the risks are serious if things go wrong.
Feb 18th, 2022
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Scientists looked at the brains of 12 cosmonauts just before and after their spaceflight, and found changes in the neural connections between several motor areas of the brain - changes which remained visible seven months after returning to Earth.
Feb 18th, 2022
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A new study has confirmed the existence of a second asteroid sharing Earth's orbit around the Sun. The asteroid is expected to remain in a stable orbit for the next 4 000 years.
Feb 17th, 2022
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Dude, what if everything around us was just... a hologram? The thing is, it could be - and a physicist is using quantum computing and machine learning to better understand the idea, called holographic duality.
Feb 16th, 2022
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Researchers have spotted a cloud of cosmic dust at the centre of a nearby galaxy hiding a supermassive black hole, a finding that confirms a 30 year old theory known as the Unified Model of Active Galactic Nuclei.
Feb 16th, 2022
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Astrophysicists discovered that when tiny galaxies collide with bigger ones, the bigger galaxies can strip the smaller galaxies of their dark matter.
Feb 14th, 2022
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Astronomers encounter a new type of star with unusual properties - possibly two white dwarfs which have merged.
Feb 14th, 2022
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