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Archive for July, 2023

Interstellar meteor fragments found? Harvard astronomer’s claim sparks debate, criticism

July 20th, 2023 by

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb believes he has found pieces of the first known interstellar meteorite. But others have their doubts, and the debate is turning ugly.

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Celebrate 400 years of moon maps for Apollo 11’s anniversary (gallery)

July 20th, 2023 by

The Library of Congress has 400 years of moon maps from around the world. Explore the moon in centuries of maps to celebrate the first-ever human moon landing in 1969.

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‘Hidden’ photons could shed light on mysterious dark matter

July 20th, 2023 by

A new super-cool technique could shed light on a hidden dark matter candidate known as ‘dark photons.’

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Join the Sith and hunt Jedi in ‘Star Wars: Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade’ (exclusive)

July 20th, 2023 by

Award-winning sci-fi fantasy author Delilah Dawson turns to the dark side in her new novel “Star Wars: Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade.”

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James Webb Space Telescope makes 1st detection of diamond-like carbon dust in the universe’s earliest stars

July 20th, 2023 by

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed carbon dust in distant and early galaxies in a discovery that could challenge theories regarding the formation of cosmic dust in the infant universe.

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Weirdly ‘slow’ neutron star challenges our understanding of stellar corpses

July 20th, 2023 by

Astronomers have observed a ‘slow’ magnetar releasing bursts of radio waves every 22 minutes. The strange neutron star could change our perception of these extreme stellar corpses.

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1st evidence found for ‘Trojan planet’ worlds occupying same orbit

July 20th, 2023 by

Astronomers have found the first evidence of a so-called ‘Trojan planet,’ in the form of a young Jupiter-like world that’s being tailed by a cloud of dust twice as massive as Earth’s moon.

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1st Barbie dolls to fly into space make their debut at Smithsonian Air and Space Museum

July 19th, 2023 by

The National Air and Space Museum debuted the first Barbie dolls to fly in space. They appear to be like all of the other Barbie “Space Discovery” dolls found in stores, and that may be the point.

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