dicembre 2018

AstroNews 12/2018

Un elenco aggiornato quotidianamente con le principali notizie del mese su astronomia, cosmologia, biologia, astrobiologia e paleontologia

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Why can't we feel Earth's spin? | EarthSky.org

Earth spins on its axis once in every 24-hour day. At Earth's equator, the speed of Earth's spin is about 1,000 miles…

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Megapixels: This incredible photo changed the way we look at Earth

"Earthrise" is arguably the most famous family portrait on the planet-a snapshot of all of us together, captured by…

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What does Ceres' carbon mean? | EarthSky.org

Carbon is one of the most common elements in the universe and is the basis of organic biology on Earth. It can be found…

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How to spot every solar panel in the United States

It is still challenging to put an accurate number on the US's total solar power installation and to describe what…

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Massive new dark matter detector gets its 'eyes'

PROVIDENCE, R.I. and LEAD, S.D. - The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) dark matter detector, which will soon start its search for the…

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China's Chang'e-4 probe changes orbit to prepare for moon-landing - Xinhua | English.news.cn

Since the Chang'e-4 entered the lunar orbit on Dec. 12, the ground control center in Beijing has trimmed the probe's…

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New insights into pion condensation and the formation of neutron stars | RIKEN

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ESA sets clock by distant spinning stars

ESA sets clock by distant spinning stars Pulsar encased in supernova bubble ESA's technical centre in the Netherlands…

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Our Universe: An expanding bubble in an extra dimension - Uppsala University, Sweden

Uppsala University researchers have devised a new model for the Universe - one that may solve the enigma of dark…

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The Coolest Experiment in the Universe

Inside NASA's Cold Atom Lab on the International Space Station, scientists are creating something colder than a…

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Research team discovers oldest known plant virus at ancient settlement | Penn State University

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Researchers studying ancient corncobs found at a Native American archeological site have…

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Baby star's fiery tantrum could create the building blocks of planets

"There's a discussion at the moment around whether flares are a good or bad thing for life on orbiting habitable…

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ALMA Discover Early Protostar With a Warped Disk

Scientific Paper Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, researchers have observed, for…

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Juno mission captures images of volcanic plumes on Jupiter's moon Io

Dec. 31, 2018 - A team of space scientists has captured new images of a volcanic plume on Jupiter's moon Io during the…

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NASA's OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Enters Close Orbit Around Bennu, Breaking Record

At 2:43 p.m. EST on December 31, while many on Earth prepared to welcome the New Year, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, 70…

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Mammalian diversification after extinction of the dinosaurs

Researchers state that many mammals lineages coexisted with the dinosaurs before the end-Cretaceous mass extinction…

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Scientists model Mercury's glaciers - from ancient formation at intergalactic impact to ongoing…

The processes that led to glaciation at the cratered poles of Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, have been modeled…

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Clearing the air for deep space travel

Matthew D. Green, an assistant professor of chemical engineering in ASU's Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, is…

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Cabinet approves Rs 10,000 crore 'Gaganyaan' project for manned space mission - Latest News |…

In major boost to India's ambitious programme to send astronauts to space, the Union Cabinet has approved Rs…

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Huge reserves of iron in Western Siberia might originate from under an ancient sea

The world's largest deposit of iron ore is the Bakchar deposit located in Western Siberia, Russia. Its proven reserves…

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Beyond the black hole singularity | Penn State University

Our first glimpses into the physics that exist near the center of a black hole are being made possible using "loop…

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Beyond Einstein

BATON ROUGE - When stars collapse, they can create black holes, which are everywhere throughout the universe and…

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Global warming didn't pause - researchers disentangle "hiatus" confusion

19.12.2018 - The reality of ongoing climate warming might seem plainly obvious today, after the four warmest years on…

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New Imaging System Can Garner Better Imagery from Distant Space at a Lower Cost, According to BGU…

Ben-Gurion University researchers have developed a new satellite imaging system that stands to revolutionize the…

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Dec. 25, 2018. What's new

Until now, "astrodynamics" has been one of the less frequently reported operations for Hayabusa2. In space engineering…

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Sugar is Sweet, Essential to Life - and It's Probably in Deep Space

When we think of sugar, it's in the form of a holiday sweet or a reason to head back to gym after New Year's Eve - we…

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Sweet Find: NASA Study Finds Sugars, Key Ingredient for Life, Can Form in Space

A new study by NASA scientists has proven that sugar molecules - one of the building blocks of life - can form in…

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Stellar Corpse Reveals Clues to Missing Stardust

Everything around you - your desk, your laptop, your coffee cup - in fact, even you - is made of stardust, the stuff…

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Planetary astronomers identify cycle of spectacular disturbances at Jupiter's equator

Scientists at the University of Leicester and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory predict next parting of Jupiter's veil…

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New Horizons: News Article?page=20181226

The New Horizons spacecraft launched on January 19, 2006 - beginning its odyssey to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. New…

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Mars 2020 Rover to Capture Sound on the Red Planet For the First Time Ever with DPA Mics

DPA won the contract from JPL based on its products ability to perform under demanding environments and the ability to…

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Time travel is possible - but only if you have an object with infinite mass

The concept of time travel has always captured the imagination of physicists and laypersons alike. But is it really…

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All of You on the Good Earth

"The vast loneliness up here of the Moon is awe inspiring, and it makes you realize just what you have back there on…

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This microscope could look for life on Jupiter's moon

Shamu dreams of Europa. Earth, far off now, looks like an unpopulated set of continents surrounded by empty ocean…

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10 easy ways you can tell for yourself that the Earth is not flat

This story was originally published on Smarter Than That in 2008. We are republishing a lightly edited version on…

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7 easy ways you can tell for yourself that the moon landing really happened

Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving recently closed the book on his dalliance with promoting flat-Earthism ( Earth…

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Cosmic ray telescope launches from Antarctica | The Source | Washington University in St. Louis

SuperTIGER instrument to study origins of cosmic rays The eye of the tiger is flying high above Antarctica once again…

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Finding ways to protect crews from the effects of space radiation

Houston TX (SPX) Dec 21, 2018 - In the near future, crews will embark on multi-month missions to the Moon, and…

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Research reveals 'fundamental finding' about Earth's outer core - Florida State University News

The Earth's core is an exceptionally difficult place to study. Its depths descend a staggering 2,900 kilometers - about…

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New Horizons: News Article?page=20181222

NASA's first mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. Includes mission details and educational resources.

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The C-Space Project Opens Mars Base as a Space Education Facility

JINCHANG, China, Dec. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The C-Space Project recently unveiled its Mars Base set in the Gobi…

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NASA Telescopes Take a Close Look at the Brightest Comet of 2018 - Solar System Exploration: NASA…

The inner part of a comet's coma is normally not accessible from Earth. The close flyby of comet 46P/Wirtanen allowed…

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Navigating NASA's First Mission to the Trojan Asteroids - Solar System Exploration: NASA Science

Lucy is the first mission to explore as family of asteroids known as the Trojans that orbit the Sun in front of and…

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Holiday Asteroid Imaged with NASA Radar

The asteroid will fly safely past Earth on Saturday, Dec. 22, at a distance of about 1.8 million miles (2.9 million…

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Getting a glimpse inside the moon

New research from University of Alberta physicists provides the first-ever model of our Moon's rotational dynamics…

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Did supernovae kill off marine life at dawn of Pleistocene?

LAWRENCE - About 2.6 million years ago, an oddly bright light arrived in the prehistoric sky and lingered there for…

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Euclid pronto per l'assemblaggio finale

La missione Euclid dell'Esa ha superato brillantemente la review del progetto definitivo, nella quale si è verificato…

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ESA Science & Technology: Key milestone for Euclid mission, now ready for final assembly

ESA's Euclid mission has passed its critical design review, marking the successful completion of a major phase in the…

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Zaffiri e rubini nel cielo

Un gruppo di ricercatori ha scoperto una nuova classe esotica di pianeti al di fuori del Sistema solare. Queste…

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Materia oscura? È là dove stelle si vanno a posare

Osservando con il telescopio spaziale Hubble la cosiddetta luce "intracluster" di sei ammassi di galassie, un gruppo di…

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Oltre la singolarità

I fisici hanno sviluppato una nuova teoria per rispondere alle domande fondamentali sui buchi neri: è basata sulla…

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Future Planetary Probes Can Learn from Cassini - Sky & Telescope

An unusual water composition at Saturn's moon Phoebe means that future spacecraft will have to be on the lookout for…

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What LIGO Teaches Us About Black Holes - Sky & Telescope

Two weeks ago, scientists announced the detection of four black hole mergers, discovered thanks to the undulations they…

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NASA's InSight Places First Instrument on Mars - NASA's InSight Mars Lander

NASA's InSight lander has deployed its first instrument onto the surface of Mars, completing a major mission milestone…

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News - ALMA Gives Passing Comet Its Close-up - ALMA

As comet 46P/Wirtanen neared Earth on December 2, astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array…

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New Horizons: News Article?page=20181220

NASA's first mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. Includes mission details and educational resources.

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Queen guitarist Brian May releases tribute to NASA spacecraft

Jamming and astrophysics go hand-in-hand for Queen lead guitarist Brian May, who announced Wednesday he is releasing a…

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Saturn's Rings May Disappear in 100 million years

New NASA research confirms that Saturn is losing its iconic rings at the maximum rate estimated from Voyager 1 & 2…

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Cta studierà l'universo violento anche dalle Ande

Il Council del Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (Ctao) e l'Eso, l'Osservatorio Australe Europeo, hanno firmato gli…

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ESO to Host Cherenkov Telescope Array-South at Paranal - ESO enters partnership with the world's…

ESO's Director General and the Managing Director of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) Observatory have signed the…

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Young Star Caught in a Fit of Growth | Caltech

Researchers have discovered a young star in the midst of a rare growth spurt-a dramatic phase of stellar evolution when…

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Fossil from the Big Bang Discovered with W. M. Keck Observatory

Maunakea, Hawaii - A relic cloud of gas, orphaned after the Big Bang, has been discovered in the distant universe by…

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Mystery of coronae around supermassive black holes deepens

Researchers have used observations from the ALMA radio observatory located in northern Chile and managed by an…

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Winning ideas for new space transport services

Winning ideas for new space transport services Imagine moving satellites to higher orbits, collecting space debris, and…

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Space telescope detects water in a number of asteroids -- Near-Infrared Asteroid Spectroscopic…

Using the infrared satellite AKARI, a Japanese research team has detected the existence of water in the form of…

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NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft Takes the Inside Course to Ultima Thule - Solar System Exploration…

With no apparent hazards in its way, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has been given a "go" to stay on its optimal path…

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InSight Engineers Have Made a Martian Rock Garden

Reconstructing Mars here on Earth lets them practice setting down the lander's science instruments.

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Farout: il transnettuniano più lontano di tutti

Forma probabilmente sferica, tonalità rosata, diametro stimato attorno ai 500 km e distanza record: 120 unità…

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Discovered: The Most-Distant Solar System Object Ever Observed

A team of astronomers has discovered the most-distant body ever observed in our Solar System. It is the first known…

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Sarà una stella, ma i primi passi sono da pianeta

Gli esperti stavano studiando una gigantesca giovane stella, quando hanno scoperto che si tratta di un bizzarro sistema…

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Narrowing the universe in the search for life

Humankind's exploration of space has for years pondered one central question: Is there another world somewhere in the…

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Alien imposters: Planets with oxygen don't necessarily have life, study finds

In their search for life in solar systems near and far, researchers have often accepted the presence of oxygen in a…

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A young star caught forming like a planet

Astronomers have captured one of the most detailed views of a young star taken to date, and revealed an unexpected…

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Nuclear-powered 'tunnelbot' to search for life on Jupiter's moon Europa

Scientists are designing a nuclear-powered "tunnelbot" that can penetrate through the icy shell of Jupiter's moon…

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Discovered: The Most-Distant Solar System Object Ever Observed

A team of astronomers has discovered the most-distant body ever observed in our Solar System. It is the first known…

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Massive ocean carbon sink spotted burping CO2 on the sly

The Southern Ocean is one of humanity's allies, slowing global warming by absorbing heat and carbon dioxide from the…

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How Neanderthal DNA might have shaped some human brains

No human has the brain of a Neanderthal - but some have hints of its shape. The brain shape of some people with…

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Neutron stardust and the elements of Earth

At its inception, the periodic table sorted elements by weight, so it may be surprising that the heaviest natural…

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Tangled magnetic fields power cosmic particle accelerators

Menlo Park, Calif. - Magnetic field lines tangled like spaghetti in a bowl might be behind the most powerful particle…

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Chandra :: Photo Album :: Abell 2597 :: December 13, 2018

These observations agree with predictions of models describing how matter falling towards black holes can generate…

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HubbleSite: News - In Search of Missing Worlds, Hubble Finds a Fast Evaporating Exoplanet

These discoveries reinforce the idea that the hotter version of these distant worlds may be a class of transitory…

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The hot Neptunes, planets that shrink

This artist's illustration shows a giant cloud of hydrogen streaming off a warm, Neptune-sized planet just 97…

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The Data Revolution in the Night Sky

The HITS Astroinformatics research group led by Kai Polsterer helps astronomers to better analyze the rapidly growing…

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Hubble Goes Deep

This image from the Hubble Deep UV Legacy Survey encompasses 12,000 star-forming galaxies in a part of the…

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Deep life: exploring microbial dark matter

Extremophile life accounts for perhaps 23 billion tonnes of carbon. Lauren Fuge reports.

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Chinese robots are on a mission to beat NASA to the far side of the moon

NASA's new initiative to go back to the moon at the behest of President Donald Trump is an intriguing notion, but for…

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What is the Local Group? | EarthSky.org

We know where our galaxy is located, but only locally speaking. The Milky Way galaxy is one of more than 54 galaxies…

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The search for dark matter that runs on time

A far-flung network of atomic clocks could hunt for defects in the fabric of space-time.

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Bennu asteroide borderline

Già alcuni mesi prima dell'arrivo a destinazione di Osiris-Rex, Bennu era stato caratterizzato fisicamente - attraverso…

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Dna spaziale, trovato un pezzo mancante

Un gruppo internazionale di astronomi guidato da Víctor M. Rivilla dell'Inaf di Arcetri (Firenze) ha scoperto…

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Dalle grotte venezuelane alle rocce marziane

Analizzando campioni di rocce prelevati nel sistema di grotte noto come Imawarì Yeuta, in Venezuela, un gruppo…

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Studies Rescue LIGO's Gravitational-Wave Signal From the Noise | Quanta Magazine

Frans Pretorius, a gravitational-wave expert at Princeton University who was not involved in any of the recent studies…

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Satellite spies methane bubbling up from Arctic permafrost

For the first time, scientists have used a satellite to estimate how much methane is seeping into the atmosphere from…

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Mysterious rock-comet 3200 Phaethon | EarthSky.org

The 2018 Geminid meteor shower peaks this week (best morning likely December 14; try December 13, too). This annual…

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The Fossils of the 21st Century

In 100 million years, human civilization will have bit the dust. Perhaps a nuclear war scorched the planet, or a…

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Five years of record warmth intensify Arctic's transformation

The Arctic experienced its second-warmest year on record between October 2017 and September 2018, according to the…

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Xmm-Newton guarda gli Ufo con Subways

Se non è un record poco ci manca: 1.58 milioni di secondi. Tanto è il tempo che un team di astronomi guidato da…

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Com'è difficile contare l'oceano di fotoni

Per tentare di arrivare a una stima di tutti i fotoni dell'universo, gli scienziati del telescopio spaziale Fermi della…

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Cerere: il carbonio l'ha fatto nero

C'è tanto carbonio sulla superficie del pianeta nano Cerere.

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La carta d'identità di Kepler-1657b

Kepler ha scoperto un nuovo esopianeta gigante temperato di lungo periodo, Kepler-1657b, i cui parametri fondamentali…

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Così brillano le giovani stelle

Un team guidato dal ricercatore dell'Inaf di Palermo Ettore Flaccomio ha analizzato 68 brillamenti avvenuti in 65…

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Nano-satelliti a caccia di esplosioni cosmiche

Piccoli, economici ma capaci di captare con tempestività e precisione su tutta la volta celeste i segnali in banda X…

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Chang'e 4 Probe Heads to the Lunar Farside - Sky & Telescope

China's latest lunar mission will drop a lander and rover in one of the oldest terrains on the Moon, becoming the first…

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Scientists identify vast underground ecosystem containing billions of micro-organisms

Global team of scientists find ecosystem below earth that is twice the size of world's oceans

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Bennu, la minaccia si chiama Yarkovsky

Fra i compiti che attendono la missione Osiris-Rex, giunta in orbita attorno all'asteroide lunedì scorso, c'è anche…

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NASA InSight Lander 'Hears' Martian Winds

Vibrations picked up by two spacecraft instruments have provided the first sounds of Martian wind.

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Ecco il braccio robotico di InSight

Il lander della Nasa ha davanti a sé un anno e 40 giorni marziani di missione e ha già cominciato a lavorare per la…

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Like Whales and Dolphins, Prehistoric 'Fish Lizards' Kept Warm With Blubber

smithsonian.com Ichthyosaurs are a classic case of convergent evolution. From their body shapes to their fish-snatching…

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These dusty young stars are changing the rules of planet-building

Some 100,000 years ago, when Neanderthals still occupied the caves of southern Europe, a star was born. It appeared…

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Gravitational-wave astronomers detect hints of largest black-hole merger yet

Astronomers have announced a new batch of discoveries of gravitational waves - ripples in space-time caused by…

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The final stage before the big bang?

The researchers took advantage of the fact that the chemical composition of minerals from magmatic rock stores…

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Raggi X, raggi di vita

Uno studio guidato da Antonio Jiménez-Escobar, ricercatore all'Inaf di Palermo, e pubblicato su ApJ, analizza la…

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Buchi neri come fontane

Grazie al confronto tra simulazioni e osservazioni effettuate con Alma, un gruppo di ricercatori ha scoperto che la…

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C'è un nuovo ingrediente per la vita primordiale

L'inosina, usata come nucleoside al posto della guanosina, dà origine a un Rna in grado di replicarsi a velocità…

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Astronomers Discover Giant Relic of Disrupted "Tadpole" Galaxy | The Royal Astronomical Society

A team of astronomers from Israel, the U.S. and Russia have identified a disrupted galaxy resembling a giant tadpole…

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Did supernovae kill off marine life at dawn of Pleistocene?

LAWRENCE - About 2.6 million years ago, an oddly bright light arrived in the prehistoric sky and lingered there for…

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Hubble finds far-away planet vanishing at record speed

The speed and distance at which planets orbit their respective blazing stars can determine each planet's fate-whether…

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How the HERA mission is validating planetary defence | SciTech Europa

The HERA mission - named after the Greek goddess of marriage - is an ESA mission that will be humankind's first probe…

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Watch comet 46P/Wirtanen, discovered by a Wisconsinite, as it nears Earth

On Dec. 16, you can get your best look yet at a comet - with a mouthful of a name - that has been hurtling toward Earth…

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Dna spaziale, trovato un pezzo mancante

Un gruppo internazionale di astronomi guidato da Víctor M. Rivilla dell'Inaf di Arcetri (Firenze) ha scoperto…

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Western planetary scientists assist in capturing first full-colour image of NASA InSight using…

Houston, there is no problem here. Eric Pilles assisted in capturing - for the first-time ever - extraordinary and…

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HiRISE | InSight Lander on Mars (ESP_058005_1845)

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China's Chang'e-4 probe enters lunar orbit- China.org.cn

After flying about 110 hours from earth, an engine on the probe was ignited when it was 129 km above the surface of the…

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Nuvole di gas attorno al buco nero

Per la prima volta è stato possibile studiare i dintorni immediati di un enorme buco nero al di fuori della nostra…

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Look up at a green, fuzzy comet and shooting stars

Amateur astronomers will be treated to two great spectacles this Friday night: a green, fuzzy comet - which appears…

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Four NASA-sponsored experiments set to launch on Virgin Galactic spacecraft

A winged spacecraft will soon take off with four NASA-supported technology experiments onboard. Virgin Galactic's…

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Life in Deep Earth Totals 15 to 23 Billion Tonnes of Carbon-Hundreds of Times More than Humans

Terry Collins, +1-416-878-8712; tc@tca.tc Katie Pratt, +1-401-536-8813; katie_pratt@uri.edu Deep Carbon Observatory…

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Underground Life Has a Carbon Mass Hundreds of Times Larger Than Humans'

Microorganisms living underneath the surface of the earth have a total carbon mass of 15 to 23 billion tons, hundreds…

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Teledyne e2v's delivery of 125 science-grade sensors completes contract for world's most powerful…

Chelmsford, UK, December 11 2018 -Teledyne e2v, a Teledyne Technologies [NYSE: TDY] company, has completed a…

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NASA's First Stellar Observatory, OAO 2, Turns 50

Press Release From: NASA HQ Posted: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 At 3:40 a.m. EST on Saturday, Dec. 7, 1968, just three…

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ICESat-2 reveals profile of ice sheets, sea ice, forests - Climate Change: Vital Signs of the…

Less than three months into its mission, NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2, is already…

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We're all ears as Voyager 2 goes interstellar

Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, is supporting NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft as it enters interstellar space …

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Calibrating cosmic mile markers

New work from the Carnegie Supernova Project provides the best-yet calibrations for using type Ia supernovae to measure…

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InSight nella sabbiera: quanta polvere su Marte!

Tutto va come da programma, per adesso nessun intoppo.

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InSight's First Selfie

This is NASA InSights first selfie on Mars. It displays the landers solar panels and deck. On top of the deck are its…

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Greenland ice loss quickening

Greenland ice loss quickening Using a 25-year record of ESA satellite data, recent research shows that the pace at…

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Honeycomb Mirrors Make NASA's Webb the Most Powerful Space Telescope

James Webb's mirrors' honeycomb like arrangement allows for Webb to have the largest possible reflective surface area…

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Researchers create tiny droplets of early universe matter

Researchers have created tiny droplets of the ultra-hot matter that once filled the early universe, forming three…

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New Horizons: News Article?page=20181204 2

NASA's first mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. Includes mission details and educational resources.

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ASU instrument on NASA probe finds hydrated minerals on asteroid Bennu

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, newly arrived at asteroid Bennu, has found strong spectral evidence that the asteroid's…

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NASA's Newly Arrived OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Already Discovers Water on Asteroid - Solar System…

Recently analyzed data from NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith…

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Learning from lunar lights

Every few hours observing the Moon, ESA's 'NELIOTA' project discovers a brilliant flash of light across its surface …

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SwRI-led team finds evidence for carbon-rich surface on Ceres

A team led by Southwest Research Institute has concluded that the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is rich in organic…

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First Images from OSIRIS REx Mission Have Scientists Buzzing with Excitement

The holidays came early for the science team leading NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to collect samples from a near-Earth…

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NASA's Voyager 2 Probe Enters Interstellar Space

For the second time in history, a human-made object has reached the space between the stars.

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Onde gravitazionali, abbiamo 4 new entry

Pubblicato il catalogo degli eventi confermati presenti nei dati dei primi due "run" degli osservatori per onde…

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Mavis: una rivoluzione per l'astronomia ottica

Proposto per la Adaptive Optics Facility del Very Large Telescope dell'Eso, Mavis - progetto australiano-europeo - sarà…

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Cina in partenza per il "lato oscuro" della Luna

È atteso per questa sera, venerdì 7 dicembre, intorno alle 19:30 (ora italiana), il lancio della missione con cui la…

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China launches rover for first far side of the moon landing

NASA/AFP/File / NASA China launched a rover early Saturday destined to land on the far side of the moon, a global first…

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Mantle Neon Illuminates Earth's Formation

The Earth formed relatively quickly from the cloud of dust and gas around the sun, trapping water and gases in the…

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December: Crustacean ancestor | News | University of Bristol

Professor Pisani remarked: "Being able to combine fossil and genetic data in this way is a really exciting frontier of…

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First Light for SPECULOOS - Four telescopes devoted to the search for habitable planets around…

The SPECULOOS project has made its first observations at the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory in…

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Australia leads project to revolutionise astronomy

Australian scientists will lead the design phase of a multimillion-dollar project for a new system on one of the…

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Solar activity research provides insight into sun's past, future

Andrés Muñoz-Jaramillo of Southwest Research Institute and José Manuel Vaquero of the University of Extremadura have…

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Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias - IAC - Educational Outreach

A new study, led by scientists from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), reveals that the giant exoplanet…

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Common ground discovered in planet-forming disks

Astronomers co-led by Rice University's Andrea Isella spot common features among a host of planet-forming disks of dust…

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The Epoch of Planet Formation, Times Twenty - National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Astronomers have cataloged nearly 4,000 exoplanets ExoplanetsAny planet (rocky or gas giant) orbiting a star other than…

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Unknown Treasure Trove of Planets Found Hiding in Dust

"Super-Earths" and Neptune-sized planets could be forming around young stars in much greater numbers than scientists…

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An exoplanet inflated like a balloon

Artist's impression of the exoplanet HAT-P-11b with its extended helium atmosphere blown away by the star, an orange…

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Planetary Defense: The Bennu Experiment - Solar System Exploration: NASA Science

On Dec. 3, after traveling billions of kilometers from Earth, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft reached its target, Bennu…

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Preparing for Discovery With NASA's Parker Solar Probe

On Dec. 12, four researchers gathered at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union to share what they hope to…

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Dancing with the Enemy - ESO's R Aquarii Week continues with the sharpest R Aquarii image ever

While testing a new subsystem on the SPHERE planet-hunting instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers were…

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Frauchiger-Renner Paradox Clarifies Where Our Views of Reality Go Wrong | Quanta Magazine

That quantum mechanics is a successful theory is not in dispute. It makes astonishingly accurate predictions about the…

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COSINE-100 experiment investigates dark matter mystery

Yale scientists are part of a new international experiment that challenges previous claims about the detection of…

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Copernicus Sentinel-5P ozone boosts daily forecasts

Copernicus Sentinel-5P ozone boosts daily forecasts Measurements of atmospheric ozone from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P…

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Mars 2020 rover mission camera system 'Mastcam-Z' testing begins at ASU

Arizona State University research technician and Mars 2020 Mastcam-Z calibration engineer Andy Winhold waited patiently…

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BepiColombo now firing on all cylinders

BepiColombo approaching Mercury BepiColombo now firing on all cylinders BepiColombo, the joint ESA/JAXA spacecraft on a…

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Bizarre 'dark fluid' with negative mass could dominate the universe - what my research suggests

It's embarrassing, but astrophysicists are the first to admit it. Our best theoretical model can only explain 5% of the…

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The 'Camera That Saved Hubble' Turns 25

Twenty-five years ago this week, the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) was installed on the Hubble Space…

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Topping Off a Telescope with Tools to Explore Dark Energy

Key components for the sky-mapping Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), weighing about 12 tons, were hoisted…

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A Radio Search for Artificial Emissions from 'Oumuamua | SETI Institute

"We were looking for a signal that would prove that this object incorporates some technology - that it was of…

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Double Trouble: A White Dwarf Surprises Astronomers | ChandraBlog | Fresh Chandra News

If nuclear fusion is the cause of the supersoft X-rays from ASASSN-16oh then it should begin with an explosion and the…

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A step closer to fusion energy: Imaging allows better testing of components for devices

December 4, 2018 , Swansea University Harnessing nuclear fusion, which powers the sun and stars, to help meet earth's…

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Tuning In to Your Local Celestial Radio Show

What does Jupiter sound like? If you had to take a guess, would you imagine the sharp staccato of popcorn popping? The…

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Osiris-Rex arriva alla meta: ecco Bennu

NEL 2023 IL RITORNO SULLA TERRA Un successo anche italiano. L'Istituto nazionale di astrofisica è coinvolto nel…

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OSIRIS-REx arrives at Bennu - Solar System Exploration: NASA Science

NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft…

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Galileo satellites prove Einstein's Relativity Theory to highest accuracy yet

Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system - already serving users globally - has now provided a historic service to…

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Combination of Space-based and Ground-based Telescopes Reveals more than 100 Exoplanets

An international team of astronomers using a combination of ground and space based telescopes have reported more than…

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Phoebe's heavy water

By developing a new method for measuring isotopic ratios of water and carbon dioxide remotely, scientists have found…

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Scientists detect biggest known black-hole collision

An international team of scientists have detected ripples in space and time, known as gravitational waves, from the…

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LIGO and Virgo announce four new gravitational-wave detections | MIT Kavli Institute for…

"The next observing run, starting in Spring 2019, should yield many more gravitational-wave candidates, and the science…

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Four New Gravitational Wave Events Detected from Black Hole Mergers

Scientists announced four new observations of gravitational waves-ripples in the fabric of spacetime-from the final…

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Taking the measure of an asteroid

Banner image: Artist's conception of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collecting a sample of loose, rocky material from the…

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Kepler's supernova experiment captures first moments of dying star

Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2018 - In a galaxy far away, an old star exploded and became a supernova. About 170…

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Newly discovered supernova may rewrite exploding star origin theories

One possibility is that this additional light seen during the supernova's early times could be from the exploding white…

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Asteroid-sampling mission zeroes in on tiny space rock

For the second time this year, a spacecraft is about to partner with an asteroid in an intimate dance. In June, the…

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Algeria fossils cast doubt on East Africa as sole origin of stone tools

The oldest known widespread stone-tool technology, called the Oldowan, is thought to have arisen in East Africa some…

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New study explores ecosystem stability

SAN FRANCISCO (November 28, 2018) - In an era of rapid ecological change, scientists are turning to historical periods…

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Study: Earth's polar regions communicate via oceanic "postcards," atmospheric "text messages"

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Scientists have documented a two-part climatic connection between the North Atlantic Ocean and…

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Study brings new climate models of small star TRAPPIST 1's seven intriguing worlds

News releases | Research | Science | UW and the community Not all stars are like the sun, so not all planetary systems…

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Moon exploration is back in fashion as nations vie in space race

On 8 December, Chang'e-4 will set off to become the first spacecraft to touch down on the Moon's far side, the latest…

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What Happens When Two Black Holes Collide?

On September 14, 2015, signals from one of the Universe's most mind-boggling, powerful events produced the tiniest…

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Clemson scientists measure all of the starlight ever produced by the observable universe

CLEMSON, South Carolina - From their laboratories on a rocky planet dwarfed by the vastness of space, Clemson…

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HubbleSite: News - Hubble Uncovers Thousands of Globular Star Clusters Scattered Among Galaxies

Hubble is so powerful it can see globular star clusters 300 million light-years away. And, a lot of them. Peering into…

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