If you can get your hands on a telescope, there are few sights more spectacular than the magnificent …
outer space
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Our Sun is a steady and everlasting companion. Reliable like a clock, its apparent passage across the sky …
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Space
We Traced a Powerful Fast Radio Burst to the Most Distant Source Yet
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesEvery day and night, hundreds of thousands of intense, brief flashes of radiation suddenly flicker on and then …
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Space
A Search for Links Between 2 of the Universe’s Most Spectacular Phenomena Has Come Up Empty
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesEvery so often, astronomers glimpse an intense flash of radio waves from space — a flash that lasts …
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Space
Are We About to See the Rare Green Comet Nishimura Light Up the Sky?
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesOf all the objects in the Solar System, perhaps the most spectacular are the great comets that occasionally …
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Space
Signs of Life? Why Astronomers Are Excited About Carbon Dioxide and Methane in the Atmosphere of an Alien World
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAre we alone? This question is nearly as old as humanity itself. Today, this question in astronomy focuses …
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Space
Astronomers Have Discovered a Rare ‘Polar Ring Galaxy’ Wrapped in a Huge Ribbon of Hydrogen
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesA galaxy can come in many shapes and sizes, from giant, slowly rotating ovals and fast-whirling spiral disks …
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Space
How Should a Robot Explore the Moon? A Simple Question Shows the Limits of Current AI Systems
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesRapid progress in artificial intelligence (AI) has spurred some leading voices in the field to call for a …
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Space
A Neutrino Portrait of Our Galaxy Reveals High-Energy Particles From Within the Milky Way
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesOur Milky Way galaxy is an awe-inspiring feature of the night sky, viewable with the naked eye as …
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Environment
Why Is the Sky Dark at Night? A Question that Transformed Our Understanding of the Universe
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAs dawn rose over the German city of Bremen on May 7, 1823, Heinrich Olbers put the finishing …