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A star's unexpected survival

A team of physicists devise a model that maps a star's surprising orbit about a supermassive black hole - revealing new information about one of the cosmos' most extreme environments.

Jan 14th, 2023

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QUIJOTE maps the structure of our galaxy's magnetic field

Almost a decade after starting observations of the sky in the northern hemisphere in the microwave range, the QUIJOTE Collaboration has presented an initial series of 6 scientific articles, giving the most accurate description we have of the polarization of the emission of the Milky Way at these wavelengths.

Jan 12th, 2023

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NASA's TESS discovers planetary system's second Earth-size world

Using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, scientists have identified an Earth-size world, called TOI 700 e, orbiting within the habitable zone of its star - the range of distances where liquid water could occur on a planet's surface. The world is 95% Earth's size and likely rocky.

Jan 11th, 2023

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Model-independent method to weigh protoplanetary disks

Astronomers have found a way to directly measure the amount of gas in protoplanetary disks without needing to make assumptions about the relative amounts of different types of gas, making this method more accurate and robust than previous methods.

Jan 11th, 2023

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