In a new analysis based on the latest telescope data, astronomers have discovered that a third of the planets around the most common stars in the galaxy could be in a goldilocks orbit close enough, and gentle enough, to hold onto liquid water - and possibly harbor life.
Jun 6th, 2023
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A peek into a black hole's back yard.
Jun 5th, 2023
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New simulations suggest, for the first time, that cocoons of debris around dying stars likely emit gravitational waves.
Jun 5th, 2023
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Researchers have detected complex organic molecules in a galaxy more than 12 billion light-years away from Earth - the most distant galaxy in which these molecules are now known to exist.
Jun 5th, 2023
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Hundreds of horizontal filaments point toward our central supermassive black hole.
Jun 2nd, 2023
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If an alien civilization wanted to communicate with other civilizations throughout the Milky Way, the galaxy's core holds potential as a strategic site for a beacon.
May 30th, 2023
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Not only is this the first time such a water emission has been seen over such an expansive distance, but Webb is also giving scientists a direct look, for the first time, at how this emission feeds the water supply for the entire system of Saturn and its rings.
May 30th, 2023
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Astronomers discover the last three planets the Kepler telescope observed before going dark.
May 30th, 2023
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The world's most sensitive model-independent experiment to search for particularly light particles, of which dark matter might be composed, starts today in the form of the 'light shining through a wall' experiment ALPS II.
May 23rd, 2023
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Researchers have observed the X-ray emission of the most luminous quasar seen in the last 9 billion years of cosmic history, known as SMSS J114447.77-430859.3, or J1144 for short. The new perspective sheds light on the inner workings of quasars and how they interact with their environment.
May 19th, 2023
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Astronomers discover a second 'impossible' ring around the trans-Neptunian object Quaoar
May 19th, 2023
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For the first time, astronomers have observed radio waves emitted by a Type Ia supernova, a type of explosion originating from a white dwarf star. This provides important clues to understand how white dwarfs explode.
May 18th, 2023
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New research reveals the probable existence of a strange quark matter core in massive neutron stars. The study sheds new light on the equation of state of dense matter, bridging the gap between hadronic and quark matter states.
May 18th, 2023
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Astronomersl have discovered an Earth-sized exoplanet around a nearby small red dwarf star that appears to be carpeted with volcanoes.
May 17th, 2023
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A new study simulated dozens of solar flares and showed that analysis of the Lyman Continuum spectrum formed by hydrogen ionization and recombination can be used for diagnosis of the solar plasma.
May 16th, 2023
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High-resolution imaging of radio emissions from an ultracool dwarf show a double-lobed structure like the radiation belts of Jupiter.
May 15th, 2023
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Using Webb's NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) instrument, astronomers have confirmed gas - specifically water vapor - around a comet in the main asteroid belt for the first time, indicating that water ice from the primordial solar system can be preserved in that region.
May 15th, 2023
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Learn about FRB 20190520B, the first continuously active repeating FRB, and its significant implications for the fields of astronomy and physics.
May 12th, 2023
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