Astrophysicists are one step closer to figuring out what Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are, thanks to an analysis of nearly 2000 bursts from a single source called FRB 20201124A.
Sep 21st, 2022
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Not only has Webb captured the clearest view of this distant planet's rings in more than 30 years, but its cameras reveal the ice giant in a whole new light.
Sep 21st, 2022
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Nations have sent 18 human-made objects to Mars over 14 separate missions. Many of these missions are still ongoing, but over the decades of Martian exploration, humankind has left behind many pieces of debris on the planet's surface.
Sep 20th, 2022
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It is tempting to assume that a second Earth would be just like ours, but new modelling results suggest that this is not likely to be the case.
Sep 20th, 2022
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A newly discovered exoplanet orbiting a dwarf star nearly 100 light years away from Earth could be a water world, according to a new study.
Sep 17th, 2022
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Nuclear physicists have now determined an important and challenging proton-capture reaction rate. Proton capture involves the collision of an atomic nucleus and one or more protons to create a heavier nucleus.
Sep 16th, 2022
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A 'grazing encounter' may have smashed the moon to bits to form Saturn's rings, a new study suggests.
Sep 15th, 2022
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Astronomers have developed a new technique to identify small planets hidden in protoplanetary disks.
Sep 14th, 2022
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An international research team has developed a computer programme that can simulate the transport of cosmic rays through space. The researchers hope it will help them solve the mystery of the sources of cosmic rays.
Sep 13th, 2022
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A new simulation conducted on the world's most powerful supercomputer dedicated to astronomy has produced a testable scenario to explain the appearance of the bar of the Milky Way.
Sep 9th, 2022
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Researchers found that oxygen boosts this exotic precipitation, revealing a new path to make nanodiamonds here on Earth.
Sep 7th, 2022
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Nicknamed the Tarantula Nebula for the appearance of its dusty filaments in previous telescope images, the nebula has long been a favorite for astronomers studying star formation.
Sep 7th, 2022
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A small amount of simulated crushed Martian rock mixed with a titanium alloy made a stronger, high-performance material in a 3D-printing process that could one day be used on Mars to make tools or rocket parts.
Sep 6th, 2022
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Researchers have used giant lobes of gamma radiation to find that a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way filled with dark matter, but whose emissions are more likely the result of millisecond pulsars blasting out cosmic particles.
Sep 6th, 2022
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Astrophysicists utilized observations from antiquity to prove, that Betelgeuse - the bright red giant star in the upper left of the constellation Orion - was yellow-orange some 2,000 years ago.
Sep 5th, 2022
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For the first time, astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to take a direct image of a planet outside our solar system. The exoplanet is a gas giant.
Sep 2nd, 2022
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Day and night, and across seasons, the instrument generates breathable oxygen from the Red Planet's thin atmosphere.
Sep 1st, 2022
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Merging galaxies may hurl away the gas that fuels new stars, according to a discovery by astronomers.
Sep 1st, 2022
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