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July 8, 2020 — Researchers have discovered an unusual pulsar – one of deep space’s magnetized spinning neutron-star ‘lighthouses’ that emits highly focused radio waves from its magnetic poles. It is …

July 7, 2020 — Two new studies by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder may help to solve one of the biggest mysteries about the dark, icy bodies of the outer solar system: why so many of them …

July 7, 2020 — Interconnected gas flows reveal how star-forming gas is assembled in …

July 7, 2020 — Astrophysicists announced the discovery of Nyx, a new collection of 250 stars that they believe are the remnant of a dwarf galaxy that merged with the Milky Way eons ago. The research combined …

July 6, 2020 — Interstellar space travelers arriving on another planet could face problems communicating with previous and subsequent arrivals, their spoken language having changed in isolation along the …

July 3, 2020 — By determining how much energy permeates the center of the Milky Way, researchers have moved closer to understanding the power behind our …

July 2, 2020 — New technologies capable of sequencing single molecules in fine detail will help scientists better understand the mechanisms of rare nucleotides thought to play an important role in the progression …

July 2, 2020 — Astronomers created a stunning new image showing celestial fireworks in star cluster …

July 2, 2020 — Several interacting exoplanets have already been spotted by satellites. But a new breakthrough has been achieved with, for the first time, the detection directly from the ground of an extrasolar …

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July 1, 2020 — There has been considerable debate over how the Moon was formed. The popular hypothesis contends that the Moon was formed by a Mars-sized body colliding with Earth’s upper crust which is poor in …

July 1, 2020 — The surviving core of a gas giant has been discovered orbiting a distant star, offering an unprecedented glimpse into the interior of a …

July 1, 2020 — Scientists have identified the binary star Eta Carinae as a new kind of source for very high-energy (VHE) cosmic gamma-radiation. Eta Carinae is located 7500 lightyears away in the constellation …

July 1, 2020 — A new model points to the coronoe of supermassive black holes at the cores of active galaxies to help explain the excess neutrinos observed by the IceCube Neutrino …

June 30, 2020 — KELT-9 b is one of the hottest planets known. New measurements from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have enabled astronomers to greatly improve their understanding of this …

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June 30, 2020 — On a quest to find the Universe’s largest black holes, researchers identify the center of the solar system within 100 …

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June 30, 2020 — Astronomers have discovered the absence of an unstable massive star in a dwarf galaxy. Scientists think this could indicate that the star became less bright and partially obscured by dust. An …

June 29, 2020 — Scientists have increased the speed and accuracy of a laboratory-scale instrument for determining the age of planetary specimens onsite. The team is progressively miniaturizing the Chemistry, …

June 29, 2020 — Astronomers have made the first measurement of spin-orbit alignment for a distant ‘super-Jupiter’ planet, demonstrating a technique that could enable breakthroughs in the quest to …

June 29, 2020 — The history of our planet has been written, among other things, in the periodic reversal of its magnetic poles. Scientists propose a new means of reading this historic record: in ice. Their findings …

July 1, 2020 — Often described as cosmic lighthouses, quasars are luminous beacons that can be observed at the outskirts of the Universe, providing a rich topic of study for astronomers and cosmologists. Now …

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