More than 10 billion years ago, something in a distant galaxy gave off an incredibly bright burst of …
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Space
Where Are the Best Places for Life in the Cosmos? A Universe in a Supercomputer Yields the Answer
by Troy OakesEarth seems like a troubled place right now, but at least our cosmic surroundings appear peaceful. But this …
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Space
Even the Best Telescopes Have Blind Spots. This Fix Can Help Us Build Better Maps of the Universe
by Troy OakesAstronomers have cataloged billions of stars and hundreds of billions of galaxies. We have found thousands of planets …
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A pair of stars spiraling around each other. That’s the origin of a new source of repeating radio …
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In the run-up to Christmas, carols fill the air. Many have an astronomical twist, singing of the “Christmas …
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Science Unmasked
10 Years Ago, Gravitational Waves Changed Astronomy. A New Discovery Shows There’s More to Come
by Troy OakesTen years ago, scientists heard the universe rumble for the first time. That first discovery of gravitational waves …
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Science
Mysterious Radio Pulses From Space Have Been Tracked Down — and the Source Is Not What Astronomers Expected
by Troy OakesIn the past three years, astronomers have discovered a mysterious new type of radio source. We call these …
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Science
Saturn Now Has 274 Moons — but Exactly What Makes Something a Moon Remains Unclear
by Troy OakesEarlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons as the International Astronomical Union recognized discoveries from a team of …
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Science
‘Ghosts of the Radio Universe’: Astronomers Have Discovered a Slew of Faint Circular Objects
by Troy OakesRadio astronomers see what the naked eye can’t. As we study the sky with telescopes that record radio …
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A supermoon may sound exciting, but it’s a modest coincidence. As the Moon orbits Earth, its distance from …
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