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Category: Astronomy

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Tumbleweeds Interrupt the Discovery of Black Holes

Posted on July 10, 2017December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

“How moving!” is what the Earth would say when it comes into contact with gravitational waves. Albert Einstein’s general theory of…

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    Have we finally found dark matter?

    Posted on June 26, 2017October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

    There is overwhelming evidence to support the existence of dark matter, but its existence is still a mystery to physicists. A method called…

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      Why is the Sun Yellow?

      Posted on May 18, 2017October 24, 2022 by Jacob Haqq Misra

      Jacob Haqq-Misra, Ravi Kopparapu, and Eric Wolf attempt to address this question in a recent paper titled "Why do we find ourselves around a…

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        Mysterious, Unusual Intergalactic Radio Signal Found

        Posted on May 8, 2017December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

        Radio astronomers working with a radio dish telescope detected something a bit unusual. They were seeing a very fast radio burst, faster and…

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          Saturn’s Moon Enceladus May Have Conditions For Life

          Posted on April 24, 2017October 24, 2022 by SanjoySom

          In a last scientific hurrah, the Cassini spacecraft has detected that hydrogen is being ejected from the moon’s ice-covered ocean.

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            The Deafening Sound of Neutron Stars Crashing Together

            Posted on April 5, 2017December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

            Large stars and planets in space have intense gravity. The gravity of these large celestial bodies is so strong, that they actually warp the…

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              Planet Friendships in Solar Systems Beyond Our Own

              Posted on March 27, 2017December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

              Our understanding of astrophysics states that we should be seeing co-orbiting planets when astronomers look through their telescopes.…

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                Two Galaxy Centers in Terrifyingly Fast Orbits

                Posted on March 1, 2017December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

                At the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, there is a supermassive black hole. This is normal — at the center of almost every galaxy there is…

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                  Stray stars between galaxies add to the cosmic light in the universe

                  Posted on November 9, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                  Using an experiment carried into space on a NASA suborbital rocket, astronomers at Caltech and their colleagues have detected a diffuse…

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                    First detection of dark matter

                    Posted on October 20, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                    Cutting-edge paper by Professor George Fraser — who tragically died in March this year — and colleagues at the University of…

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