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APOD - Thu, 03/28/2024 - 9:07am

Almost every object in the Almost every object in the


Astronomers conduct first search for forming planets with new space telescope

Science Daily - Wed, 03/27/2024 - 3:49pm
Planets form in disks of dust and gas called protoplanetary disks that whirl around a central protostar during its final assembly.

Persistent hiccups in a far-off galaxy draw astronomers to new black hole behavior

Science Daily - Wed, 03/27/2024 - 3:49pm
Astronomers have found that a previously quiet black hole, which sits at the center of a galaxy about 800 million light years away, has suddenly erupted, giving off plumes of gas every 8.5 days before settling back to its normal, quiet state.

Astronomers unveil strong magnetic fields spiraling at the edge of Milky Way's central black hole

Science Daily - Wed, 03/27/2024 - 12:46pm
A new image from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration has uncovered strong and organized magnetic fields spiraling from the edge of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). Seen in polarized light for the first time, this new view of the monster lurking at the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy has revealed a magnetic field structure strikingly similar to that of the black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy, suggesting that strong magnetic fields may be common to all black holes.

Distant 'space snowman' unlocks mystery of how some dormant deep space objects become 'ice bombs'

Science Daily - Wed, 03/27/2024 - 12:46pm
Researchers found that the double-lobed object, which is officially named Kuiper Belt Object 486958 Arrokoth and resembles a snowman, may have ancient ices stored deep within it from when the object first formed billions of years ago.

Turbulence within solar transients imaged

Science Daily - Wed, 03/27/2024 - 12:45pm
Scientists captured images showing the development of turbulence as a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) interacted with the ambient solar wind in the circumsolar space.

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APOD - Wed, 03/27/2024 - 9:07am

Comet Pons-Brooks has quite a tail to tell. Comet Pons-Brooks has quite a tail to tell.


Sleeping supermassive black holes awakened briefly by shredded stars

Science Daily - Tue, 03/26/2024 - 5:01pm
Astronomers have concluded that an obscure class of galaxies known as Compact Symmetric Objects, or CSOs, are not young as previously thought but rather lead relatively short lives.

Tiniest 'starquake' ever detected

Science Daily - Tue, 03/26/2024 - 10:39am
An orange dwarf star has yielded the tiniest 'starquakes' ever recorded, measured by an international team of scientists.

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APOD - Tue, 03/26/2024 - 9:07am

What does a supernova remnant sound like? What does a supernova remnant sound like?


Astronomers discover 49 new galaxies in under three hours

Science Daily - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:41am
New work aimed to study the star-forming gas in a single radio galaxy. Although the team didn't find any star-forming gas in the galaxy they were studying, they instead discovered other galaxies while inspecting the data. In total, the gas of 49 galaxies was detected.

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APOD - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 9:07am

Here is what the Earth looks like during a Here is what the Earth looks like during a


Ares 3 Landing Site: The Martian Revisited

APOD - Sun, 03/24/2024 - 9:07am

 The Martian Revisited Ares 3 Landing Site: The Martian Revisited


Phobos: Moon over Mars

APOD - Sun, 03/24/2024 - 9:07am

 Moon over Mars Phobos: Moon over Mars


James Webb Space Telescope captures the end of planet formation

Science Daily - Fri, 03/22/2024 - 2:55pm
How much time do planets have to form from a swirling disk of gas and dust around a star? A new study gives scientists a better idea of how our own solar system came to be.

Signs of life would be detectable in single ice grain emitted from extraterrestrial moons

Science Daily - Fri, 03/22/2024 - 2:54pm
Could life be found in frozen sea spray from moons orbiting Saturn or Jupiter? New research finds that life can be detected in a single ice grain containing one bacterial cell or portions of a cell. The results suggest that if life similar to that on Earth exists on these planetary bodies, that this life should be detectable by instruments launching in the fall.

The Leo Trio

APOD - Fri, 03/22/2024 - 9:07am

This popular group leaps into the early evening sky around the March This popular group leaps into the early evening sky around the March


Secrets of the Van Allen belt revealed in new study

Science Daily - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 3:54pm
A challenge to space scientists to better understand our hazardous near-Earth space environment has been set in a new study.

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APOD - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 9:07am

Across the heart of the Across the heart of the


High school students contribute to exoplanet discovery

Science Daily - Wed, 03/20/2024 - 4:05pm
A group of high school students from Oakland, California, made contributions to the field of exoplanet research. Researchers worked with the students to use backpack-sized digital smart telescopes. These young citizen scientists played a role in observing and confirming the nature of a warm and dense sub-Saturn planet, known as TIC 139270665 b, orbiting a metal-rich G2 star.

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