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Two intelligence services from at least two NATO nations have raised alarms over a potential "weapon of fear" currently under development by Russia. This anti-satellite system is reportedly being developed to target Elon Musk’s Starlink...
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Astronomers have finally captured a black hole twisting the very fabric of spacetime. This phenomenon, known as frame-dragging or Lense-Thirring precession, confirms a cornerstone of Einstein’s general theory of relativity by showing that...
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SpaceX/Starlink has confirmed that one of its satellites suffered a major hardware failure in orbit, resulting in the release of debris and a total loss of communications with the vehicle. The errant craft is expected to re-enter Earth's...
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In a fresh discovery that's leaving astronomers awestruck, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has confirmed the existence of a "runaway" supermassive black hole roughly 20 million times the mass of our sun, which is currently hurtling...
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Scientists are scratching their heads over a recent James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) discovery that looks more like a piece of fruit than your typical celestial sphere.
The planet, designated PSR J2322-2650b, has simply been described...
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There's going to be a new space telescope in town: the Nancy Grace Roman (the famous NASA astronomer, not to be mistaken for the crime show host), which is slated to launch by May 2027. At least initially, its main mission will be to chart...
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As one last big hurrah for the year, the celestial display of the Geminids meteor shower is expected to dazzle us with some celestial fireworks, as long as you're in the right viewing spot and weather conditions, of course.
Skygazers in...
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A faint, ancient flash of light detected by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has broken the record for the most distant stellar explosion ever recorded, revealing a massive star’s demise when the cosmos was just a child. Astronomers...
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Astrophysicists have achieved an eye-opening leap in understanding stellar death, capturing unprecedented, detailed images of two exploding stars that demonstrate these blasts are far more complicated than previously assumed.
These new...
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By pioneering a new method that studies our galaxy from the inside out, astronomers using data collected from the Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey (GES) have uncovered surprising hidden features of the Milky Way’s spiral...
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Here's something most of us saw coming: the accelerating deployment of tens of thousands of communication satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) is creating a diffuse veil of light pollution that is now demonstrably compromising the...
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Samples retrieved from asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission in September 2023 have yielded a surprising treasure trove, revealing not just the building blocks of life, but also a mysterious "space gum" and ancient stellar...
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The Sun fired a staggering X1.9-class solar flare at the turn of the month, triggering a sudden, widespread radio blackout across Australia and large parts of southeast Asia and it seems like another more active one is coming...
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December is preparing to set the stage for one last supermoon and another meteor shower that will test the patience of stargazers. Get ready for the second closest full cold moon in a few days and the Geminids shower on the night of...
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After nearly a century of experts theorizing and searching for the universe’s most elusive component, a Japanese astronomer believes he has finally captured the first direct glimpse of dark matter, a discovery that, if confirmed, could...
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In 2026, Voyager 1, humanity's farthest reaching Energizer Bunny of a probe, will travel toward an almost comprehensible benchmark: being a full light-day away from Earth. According to NASA's data, the milestone is projected to occur...
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Continuing our coverage of is-it-an-alien-spacecraft Comet 3I/ATLAS, an armada of space missions (including Hubble, JWST, plus assets orbiting and roving on Mars) have captured the comet's fleeting flyby of Mars before it disappears...
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NASA’s has been busy tracking a trio of sizable asteroids hurtling past Earth’s orbit, one traveling as close as 361,000 miles from us. While scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) assured the public that there's no immediate...
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The Moon is not, in fact, a giant cosmic wheel of Gouda. In a landmark paper published in Nature, researchers from the French National Center of Scientific Research delivered a hard truth: the Moon is actually packing a solid inner core of...
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Seven billion light-years away, an astronomical event in 2023 sent a buzz through the astrophysics community. Gravitational wave detectors registered the merger of two black holes (a collision designated GW231123). The detection itself was...
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The shimmering Pleiades star cluster has just shed its millennia-old reputation as a collection of Seven Sisters. Thanks to new data gleaned from the TESS and Gaia star-tracking spacecrafts, astronomers have revealed that this iconic group...
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Instead of a triumphant touchdown, China held its breath as the three-member crew of its latest long-duration Shenzhou-20 mission remained orbiting the Earth, their return indefinitely delayed by an unforeseen threat: a cloud of...
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