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A new black hole breaks the record - not for being the smallest or the biggest - but for being right in the middle. The recently discovered 'Goldilocks' black hole is part of a missing link between two populations of black holes: small black holes made from stars and supermassive giants in the nucleus of most galaxies.
Mar 29th, 2021
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Astronomers found a number of stellar eggs containing baby stars around the center of the Milky Way. Previous studies had suggested that the environment there is too harsh to form stars. These findings indicate that star formation is more resilient than researchers thought.
Mar 29th, 2021
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Water, protection, stable temperatures: When it comes to finding suitable areas for long-term lunar missions, the lava tubes on the moon are of great interest. In order to investigate their potential for future space exploration, teams of robots are meant to be enabled to enter these caves.
Mar 25th, 2021
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A new study resolves the not-quite-comet-like character of a strange visitor from beyond our solar system.
Mar 24th, 2021
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A new view of the region closest to the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87 (M87) has shown important details of the magnetic fields close to the black hole and hints about how powerful jets of material can originate in that region.
Mar 24th, 2021
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The highest-energy cosmic rays come from subatomic interactions within star clusters, not supernovae.
Mar 23rd, 2021
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The surface of the moon is well mapped, but the same is not true for its subsurface. In preparation for future lunar missions, the European Space Agency (ESA) was looking for innovative ideas on how caves and lava tubes on the moon could be discovered, studied and measured.
Mar 23rd, 2021
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Researchers have been shedding light on the enigmatic 'spiders from Mars', providing the first physical evidence that these unique features on the planet's surface can be formed by the sublimation of CO2 ice.
Mar 22nd, 2021
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Discovery may offer clues to carbon's role in planet and star formation.
Mar 19th, 2021
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Researchers have channeled the universe's earliest light - a relic of the universe's formation known as the cosmic microwave background (CMB) - to solve a missing-matter mystery and learn new things about galaxy formation.
Mar 17th, 2021
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A pocket atlas of Mars has been published that uses geographic techniques developed for terrestrial maps to reveal a wealth of information about the surface of the Red Planet, as well as its climate and cloud cover.
Mar 17th, 2021
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Three of Jupiter's four largest moons are icy, and in 1998 NASA's Galileo spacecraft detected tantalising hints of an ocean beneath one, Europa. Since then, further studies have detected signs of water plumes possibly erupting from this ocean.
Mar 16th, 2021
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Using light from the Big Bang, an international team has begun to unveil the material which fuels galaxy formation.
Mar 16th, 2021
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The NANOGrav Collaboration recently captured the first signs of very low-frequency gravitational waves. Physicists analyzed the data and, in particular, considered the possibility of whether this may point towards new physics beyond the Standard Model.
Mar 15th, 2021
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New study finds way that hot, rocky planets in other systems could form and keep atmospheres.
Mar 15th, 2021
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Researchers have analyzed several dozen options to pick the best one in terms of performance and costs for the 'last mile' of a future mission to the Moon - actually delivering astronauts to the lunar surface and back up to the safety of the orbiting lunar station.
Mar 15th, 2021
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Studying the chemical and physical properties of interstellar medium, especially interstellar dust, helps to understand the evolution of galaxies, the formation of stars and planetary systems, and even the origin of life.
Mar 13th, 2021
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Scientists have long theorized that supermassive black holes can wander through space - but catching them in the act has proven difficult.
Mar 12th, 2021
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