In 2019, astronomers spotted something incredible in our backyard: a rogue comet from another star system. Named Borisov, …
outer space
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Black hole feeding patterns offer insight into their size, researchers report. A new study revealed that the flickering …
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Nestled among the vast clouds of star-forming regions like this one lie potential clues about the formation of …
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A newly discovered visitor to the outer edges of our Solar System has been shown to be the …
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It is believed that NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scheduled to launch in November, will be sensitive …
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Space
The Mechanism That Generates Huge White Dwarf Magnetic Fields Discovered
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesA dynamo mechanism could explain the incredibly strong magnetic fields in white dwarf stars according to an international …
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Harvard & Smithsonian astronomers have detected the first Jupiter-like planet without clouds or haze in its observable atmosphere. …
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The universe is getting hotter, a new study has found. The study, published in the Astrophysical Journal, probed the thermal …
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Space
Tree Rings May Hold Clues to Impacts of Distant Supernovas on Earth
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesMassive explosions of energy happening thousands of light-years from Earth, known as supernovas, may have left traces in …
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On Oct. 29, mission operators sent a series of commands to NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft for the first time since …