Our Galaxy may be teeming with rogue planets, gravitationally unbound to any star. An international team of scientists, …
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Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, Critical for GPS, Seen in Distant Stars
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWhat do Albert Einstein, the Global Positioning System (GPS), and a pair of stars 200,000 trillion miles from …
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To understand the significance of the Spitzer Space Telescope in the understanding of our Solar System, think of …
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Astronomers Reveal First Direct Image of Beta Pictoris c Using the GRAVITY Instrument
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesThe vast majority of planets near foreign stars are discovered by astronomers with the help of sophisticated methods. …
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‘Echo Mapping’ in Faraway Galaxies Could Measure Vast Cosmic Distances
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWhen you look up at the night sky at the galaxies, how do you know whether the specks …
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An international team of researchers has found that some of the oldest terrain on Venus, known as tesserae, …
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Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) have made the first direct geometric measurement …
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Can Life Survive a Star’s Death? The James Webb Space Telescope Will Explore
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWhen stars like our Sun die, all that remains is an exposed core — a white dwarf. A …
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Infrared Eyes on Enceladus: Hints of Fresh Ice in Northern Hemisphere
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesNew composite images made by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft are the most detailed global infrared views ever produced of …
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Webb Telescope Will Study Jupiter, Its Rings, and 2 Intriguing Moons
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesJupiter, named for the king of the ancient Roman gods, commands its own mini-version of our solar system …