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Astronomers have detected cosmic pipelines supplying the cold gases necessary for the formation of massive galaxies and the creation of stars. It is the first direct observational evidence of the phenomenon in the early universe.
Feb 24th, 2021
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From a black hole to the South Pole: Scientists identify first neutrino from a tidal disruption event.
Feb 24th, 2021
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Organic-layered asteroids could bear fruit - or wheat, or other crops - for future space exploration.
Feb 24th, 2021
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According to a new study, Earth, Venus and Mars were created from small dust particles containing ice and carbon. The discovery opens up the possibility that the Milky Way may be filled with aquatic planets.
Feb 23rd, 2021
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Large galaxies are known to strip the gas that occupies the space between the stars of smaller satellite galaxies. Astronomers have discovered that these small satellite galaxies also contain less 'molecular' gas at their centres.
Feb 22nd, 2021
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Scientists studied the arrival directions of astrophysical neutrinos with energies more than a trillion electronvolts (TeV) and came to an unexpected conclusion: all of them are born near black holes in the centers of distant active galaxies powerful radio sources. Previously, only neutrinos with the highest energies were assumed to be obtained in sources of this class.
Feb 22nd, 2021
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Avi Loeb, a Harvard professor of astronomy, suggested in a recent book that asteroid Oumuamua is indeed an alien spaceship. But how feasible is this? And how come most scientists disagree with the claim?
Feb 18th, 2021
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To capture the ancient, cold light from the cosmic microwave background, researchers use specialized telescopes equipped with ultrasensitive cameras for detecting millimeter-wavelength signals. The next-generation cameras will contain up to 100,000 superconducting detectors.Scientists have developed a new type of metamaterials-based antireflection coating for the silicon lenses used in these cameras.
Feb 17th, 2021
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Researchers have developed a mechanism for capturing space debris. This has now been successfully tested under space conditions onboard the International Space Station.
Feb 17th, 2021
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New method for growing cyanobacteria under Mars-like conditions.
Feb 16th, 2021
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A team of researchers has investigated the strength of dark matter scattered across the smallest galaxies in the universe using stellar kinematics. They discovered that the strength of dark matter is quite small, suggesting that dark matter does not easily scatter together.
Feb 16th, 2021
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New theory explains possible origin of the Armageddon-causing object.
Feb 15th, 2021
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Following 'seven minutes of terror' after it reaches Mars' upper atmosphere, NASA's Perseverance rover is expected to land on the surface of the red planet at 20:55 GMT on February 18. This is incredibly hard to do, with only about 40% of missions succeeding.
Feb 15th, 2021
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Astronomers found something they weren't expecting at the heart of the globular cluster NGC 6397: a concentration of smaller black holes lurking there instead of one massive black hole.
Feb 12th, 2021
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Astrophysicists suggest a new explanation for the abundance in intermediate-mass exoplanets - a long-standing puzzle in astronomy.
Feb 11th, 2021
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A new analysis of ceramic chips embedded in meteorites suggests the formation of our solar system was not as quiet and orderly as we once thought.
Feb 11th, 2021
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Astronomers have confirmed a planetoid that is almost four times farther from the Sun than Pluto, making it the most distant object observed in our solar system. The planetoid, which has been nicknamed 'Farfarout', was first detected in 2018, and the team has now collected enough observations to pin down its orbit.
Feb 11th, 2021
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New capabilities developed by an international team of astronomers make it possible to directly image planets that could potentially harbor life within the habitable zone of a neighboring star system.
Feb 10th, 2021
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