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That hit Earth: It was the third ‘imminent impactor’ of 2024
Science: Last month, an asteroid struck Earth’s atmosphere just hours after it was detected — somehow, it managed to evade…
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Water flowed from carbon dioxide ice on ancient Mars
Science: A single researcher may have figured out how Mars was able to support rivers and seas even after the…
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Neutron star rotating an incredible 716 times a second: Dead star discovered
Science: Astronomers have discovered a “dead star,” a neutron star spinning at an incredible 716 times a second, making it…
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Chandra X-ray spacecraft discovered ‘dangerous regions’ around stars
Science: Using NASA’s space-based Chandra X-ray Observatory and the retired Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered “danger zones” for planets…
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Supernova hidden in Hubble Telescope’s new galaxy ‘light show’ image
SCIENCE: A celestial light show illuminates a distant spiral galaxy, where a hidden supernova briefly outshines its stellar neighbors in…
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Telescope spots ‘knots’ emerging from nearby black hole jet
Science: Astronomers have scoured decades-old data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to find bright, lumpy markings on a jet of…
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Unusually simultaneous star formation observed in ancient galaxy for the first time
Science: Astronomers have observed thousands of young stars around the center of an ancient galaxy, all formed simultaneously about 4…
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On this day: November 6, 1572: Tycho’s supernova was discovered
Science: On November 6, 1572, German astronomer Wolfgang Schuler saw a supernova with his naked eyes. He saw the exploded…
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Satellites will now be able to see plastic waste on Earth’s beaches
Science: Plastic littering the world’s beaches can now be detected from space. Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology…
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Sun’s activity moderates after the excitement of the X-flare explosion
Science: After the excitement of the X flare eruption on October 31 – and a list of M flares yesterday…
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