Astronomers have discovered that an aging red giant star has a closely orbiting stellar companion, which could be causing havoc to the star’s processes. The discovery could help researchers better
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Third New Glenn launch suffers upper stage malfunction
WASHINGTON — Blue Origin’s New Glenn suffered a malfunction of its second stage on the rocket’s third flight April 19, stranding its payload in an “off-nominal” orbit and dealing the
Can we find alien life in groups of similar planets?
A new study from researchers in Japan suggests that a better way to search for alien life might be to look for suspiciously similar planets that are close to each
Do Newton and Einstein’s laws of gravity hold across the cosmos?
View larger. | Artist’s concept of the cosmic microwave background, the oldest light in the universe: the faint afterglow of the Big Bang. Because its passage through massive galaxy clusters
Simulating how black holes light up the dark
Artist’s depiction of a supermassive black hole tearing apart a star. Roughly half of the stellar debris gets flung back into space while the remainder forms a glowing accretion disk
Synthetic universe allows you to 'see and hear' galaxies evolving from the dawn of time (video)
Ever dreamt of being present during the birth of the first galaxies? Perhaps being able to fast-forward through billions of years of cosmic evolution to watch those galaxies grow and
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As someone deeply involved in the space sector, I’ve seen firsthand how low Earth orbit (LEO) is becoming increasingly congested. Satellite operators, space agencies and aerospace companies are all facing
Flagship European space science missions conducted in collaboration with NASA face a possible combined funding shortfall of nearly $2 billion due to budget cuts put forward by the administration of
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2.5 billion year old microbial structures — The black features within this thin slice of rock are 2.5-billion-year-old microbial structures. This study suggests that the organic matter preserved within this
Tree of life (“species tree”) used for gene reconciliation analyses, showing reconstructed habitats for specific phyla over time. Phyla are color-coded and grouped to match to the larger phylum groups
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this close-up view showing the cavernous weathering texture of an unusually shaped rock, “Phippsaksla,” targeted for investigation based on its appearance that differed from the
Galaxies are the grand cities of the cosmos — vast collections of stars, gas, dust and dark matter shaped over billions of years. From the familiar swirl of our own
After reviewing a whole host of Lego Star Wars sets over the years, we have come up with the definitive run-down of the best Ultimate Collector Series sets credits can
Masses and semi-major axes for known planets and simulated Gaia planets. In both cases, we have restricted the sample to planets with Porb and mp constrained to within 20% (i.e.,
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