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Archive for December 4th, 2023

Mighty morphin’ Centaur rings — a distant icy object’s rings are transforming

December 4th, 2023 by

What is causing the structure of the dust to evolve, and where exactly the dust comes from, is still a mystery.

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The elusive origins of long gamma-ray bursts may finally be revealed

December 4th, 2023 by

New research helps resolve the mystery surrounding strange long gamma-ray bursts, suggesting these blasts of high-energy radiation emerge from collisions of neutron stars that birth black holes.

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Space mysteries: Why are there no gas moons?

December 4th, 2023 by

In our solar system we have rocky moons, ocean moons and frozen-ice moons, but there are no gas moons. Are we just unlucky not to have any gas moons, or are there physical reasons why they cannot exist?

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Strange ‘blob’ circling Milky Way’s central black hole is shooting powerful radiation at Earth every 76 minutes

December 4th, 2023 by

Regular high-energy pulses of gamma-ray radiation emerging from around the Milky Way’s central black hole may be coming from a blob of matter whipping around at 30% the speed of light.

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NASA to train Indian astronauts for a week-long trip to ISS in 2024

December 4th, 2023 by

NASA will train two Indian astronauts, one of whom will fly to the ISS late next year, a space agency official announced this week.

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Near-Earth asteroids: Hunting and tracking upcoming encounters

December 4th, 2023 by

Here we explore whether there are any upcoming asteroid encounters and how NASA and other space agencies actively monitor near-Earth asteroids that have the potential to hit our planet.

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Cosmonauts dock Russian Progress cargo ship to ISS on remote control after autopilot glitch

December 4th, 2023 by

Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station took manual control of an incoming Progress 86 cargo ship on Sunday, Dec. 3, due to an autopilot issue.

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