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Archive for May, 2023

2 ‘super-Earth’ exoplanets spotted in habitable zone of nearby star

May 12th, 2023 by

NASA’s TESS spacecraft spotted two super-Earth planets as they crossed the face of their star within its ‘habitable zone.’

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Watch 2 Russian cosmonauts perform spacewalk today

May 12th, 2023 by

Two Russian cosmonauts will perform a roughly seven-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station today (May 12), and you can watch it live.

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Boom! Astronomers just watched the largest explosion in space rage for 3 years

May 12th, 2023 by

The largest cosmic explosion ever seen by astronomers has been raging for three years and is ten times more powerful than a supernova. It may be driven by a black hole ripping apart a gas cloud.

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Perseverance rover spies signs of ancient raging rivers on Mars

May 12th, 2023 by

NASA’s Perseverance rover has found evidence that a deep and fast-moving river once coursed through Mars’ Jezero Crater, shaking up current ideas of past Red Planet water flow.

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Curiosity rover finds water-carved ‘book’ rock on Mars (photo)

May 12th, 2023 by

A book-shaped rock on Mars was likely carved by ancient water running through the area, scientists on NASA’s Curiosity rover mission say.

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A powerful eruption on the sun could create widespread auroras tonight

May 12th, 2023 by

A pair of eruptions seen on the sun might lead to a display of auroras for parts of the northern and central United States on May 11.

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1 million cosmic baby pictures form a vast star atlas for astronomers

May 12th, 2023 by

The secrets of star formation are slowly coming to light in a huge new star atlas generated by astronomers, based on images of stellar nurseries.

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Some mysterious ‘fast radio bursts’ may erupt from two-star systems

May 12th, 2023 by

A new study has determined the most likely origin of one repeating fast radio burst to be a dense object — potentially a neutron star — with a binary companion.

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