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Giant radio telescope in the Utah desert could reveal hidden corners of the cosmos — and brand-new physics
Scientists say that the construction of a vast new radio telescope array in the Utah desert — known as the Deep Synoptic ...
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First Visual Evidence Confirms A Star Exploded Twice
Astronomers working with the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) have detected patterns showing ...
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Rare breed of exploding star discovered by citizen scientists in cataclysmic find
The newly observed binary system features a cataclysmic variable star, designated GOTO0650, which is in a rarely seen late stage of its evolution. This was also the first major discovery for the ...
Astronomers Find Universe’s “Missing” Matter
A vast filament of gas stretching across the cosmos may help solve the mystery of the Universe’s missing matter. Astronomers ...
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Rogue Black Hole 5000 Light Years Away - Hubble Finds Evidence
The Hubble Space Telescope has found evidence of a "wandering" black hole about 5000 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy ...
Q&A: Astrophysicist explains how black hole mergers and quasars help detect gravitational wave networks
Gravitational waves stretch and squeeze the fabric of space and time itself. When space/time is squeezed, pulsar pulses ...
Hubble Makes A Stunning Galactic Discovery 250M Light Years Away
The Hubble Space Telescope is making waves again, this time for a snapshot of a spiral galaxy located 250 million light-years ...
Astonishing 'halo' of high-energy particles around giant galaxy cluster is a glimpse into the early universe
A distant cluster of galaxies is wrapped in a vast halo of high-energy particles that could be the work of supermassive black ...
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Scientists Look To Black Holes To Study The Universe. But Phone And Wi-Fi Satellites Are Blocking The View
These black holes are the most distant and stable objects we know. Using a technique called very long baseline interferometry ...
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'This is the holy grail of theoretical physics.' Is the key to quantum gravity hiding in this new way to make black holes?
"This work is a step toward understanding how quantum mechanics and gravity work together, a major unsolved problem in ...
Scientists look to black holes to know exactly where we are in the universe. But phones and Wi-Fi are blocking the view
The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the ...
How can the James Webb Space Telescope see so far?
How does the camera on the James Webb Space Telescope work and see so far out? – Kieran G., age 12, Minnesota Imagine a camera so powerful it can see light from galaxies that formed more than 13 ...