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Forbidden black holes and ancient stars hide in these ‘tiny red dots’ (image)

July 2nd, 2024 by

The James Webb Space Telescope found “tiny red dots” in the early universe representing overgrown supermassive black holes and stars that are impossibly old for the infant cosmos.

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Why puffy exoplanets often dance with perfect rhythm

July 2nd, 2024 by

New research has identified two distinct populations of puffy, sub-Neptune exoplanets with low densities, allowing them to stay in step with their planetary siblings.

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Watch Firefly Aerospace launch 8 cubesats to orbit tonight

July 2nd, 2024 by

Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket is scheduled to launch for the fifth time ever just after midnight on Tuesday (July 2), and you can watch the action live.

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Once-in-a-lifetime star explosion, visible from Earth, could happen any day now

July 1st, 2024 by

Binary star system T Coronae Borealis (T CrB) is about to go nova any day now. The recurrent nova explodes approximately every 79 or 80 years.

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See the sun rage behind the ISS in epic time-lapse photo

July 1st, 2024 by

Astrophotographer Miguel Claro caught the International Space Station as it crossed in front of the sun, making for a truly epic time-lapse photo .

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This mysterious ancient computer has a ‘calendar ring’ that followed the lunar year

July 1st, 2024 by

A hand-powered calculator from 2,000 years ago, known as the Antikythera mechanism, had a calendar ring that likely followed the lunar year.

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Watch Japan launch advanced Earth-observing satellite on new H3 rocket tonight

July 1st, 2024 by

Japan’s new H3 rocket is scheduled to launch for the third time ever tonight (June 30), sending the ALOS-4 Earth-observing satellite to orbit.

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Mars Odyssey celebrates 100,000 orbits, captures epic view of solar system’s largest volcano

June 30th, 2024 by

NASA’s long-running Mars Odyssey orbiter celebrated its 100,000th orbit with a fresh view of Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the solar system.

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