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First-ever direct image of two giant planets orbiting Sun-like star
Although astronomers have detected over 4,000 planets outside our solar system, most of them appear as points of data. Now, astronomers have captured a very rare sight, with an image of two exoplanets orbiting a star very much like our own.
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Comprehensive 3D map of the universe fills 11-billion-year gap
A 20-year study of the sky has allowed astronomers to produce a comprehensive 3D map of the universe. A new analysis of this map has highlighted a mismatch in the Hubble Constant, and revealed when the expansion of the universe began to accelerate.
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SpaceX uses ships to catch both Falcon 9 fairings for the first time
SpaceX has today ticked off a significant milestone, after its Falcon 9 rocket successfully fired a satellite into orbit for South Korea and two ships stationed in the ocean managed to catch both halves of the fairing as they fell back to Earth.
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Interstellar organic matter might be a major source of Earth’s water
Earth is a famously watery planet, but where exactly it all came from is a mystery. Now researchers have suggested a new origin story, by showing that water and petroleum can form inside clouds of organic matter, at high temperatures and pressure.
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UAE successfully launches its first interplanetary mission to Mars
The United Arab Emirates has successfully launched its first interplanetary mission. This morning, Al Amal, or the Hope Probe, took off from Japan at 6:58 am Monday 20th July (local time), and is currently headed towards Mars.
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Puzzled astronomers watch a black hole vanish and reappear in a year
Despite the name, black holes often shine very bright in the sky, due to their hot glowing corona. Now, astronomers have been puzzled to watch a black hole’s corona suddenly vanish – and if that wasn’t weird enough, it reappeared a few months later.
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Pandemic causes new delay for launch of James Webb Space Telescope
NASA and ESA have announced that the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope has been delayed to October 2021. A recently-completed schedule risk assessment recommended the delay, due to challenges raised by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Boeing awarded US$916 million contract to support the ISS through 2024
Boeing has been awarded a contract extension for continued support of the International Space Station through September 2024, enabling the company to continue managing the ISS’s systems as prime contractor both in orbit and at Earthside facilities.
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Strange star somehow survives supernova, shoots off across galaxy
A supernova may seem like a pretty final fate, but now astronomers have discovered a star that apparently survived this explosive process. It wasn’t without consequence, however – the star was kicked out of a binary orbit and flung across the galaxy.
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Planet Nine could be a black hole, and a new telescope will tell us
Could there be a tiny black hole hiding in our own backyard? It’s been suggested that the hypothetical Planet Nine is actually a black hole, and now astronomers have proposed how we might find it in the next few years, using an upcoming telescope.
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