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Category: Astrophysics

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A detailed look at a rare meteorite

Posted on January 10, 2022October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy 1k views

A carbonaceous meteorite that fell in Costa Rica holds organic compounds that are preserved from the earliest stages of our solar system,…

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    Using radio signals from exoplanets to detect magnetic fields

    Posted on July 29, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy 730 views

    An observational technique called ‘beam-forming’ detects exoplanetary radio emissions that allow researchers to calculate exoplanets’…

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      Mysterious gas found near Milky Way’s center

      Posted on December 14, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy 766 views

      A mysterious cold gas shooting out of the center of the Milky Way galaxy has left scientists puzzled.

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        How stars can limit life in the universe

        Posted on October 1, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy 491 views

        For the past few decades, scientists have been looking at planets outside of our solar system to see if they could host life. Now,…

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          A new understanding of weather on Saturn

          Posted on May 15, 2020October 24, 2022 by Hunter Dulay 447 views

          The Cassini spacecraft revealed the atmosphere of Saturn has large regions that don’t cycle to the poles and that the atmosphere is filled…

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            Can Artificial Intelligence find new planets for us?

            Posted on November 28, 2019October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy 389 views

            On a clear night you might easily see Jupiter, Mars or other planets from our solar system. This is how astronomers from thousands of years…

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              Using The Big Bang As A Ruler

              Posted on February 15, 2018October 24, 2022 by CrystalRiley 263 views

              Baryon acoustic oscillations, an artifact remaining from the Big Bang, can be used by scientists to measure cosmological distances…

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                An Interstellar Asteroid Just Flew Through Our Solar System

                Posted on November 16, 2017October 24, 2022 by CrystalRiley 244 views

                An asteroid recently came blazing through our solar system and it appears to be an interstellar visitor. The asteroid, dubbed A/2017 U1,…

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                  What Protects Exoplanets from Damaging Solar Flares?

                  Posted on November 14, 2017October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy 295 views

                  Thanks to NASA’s Kepler Mission, over one-thousand potentially habitable exoplanets have been discovered to-date, orbiting around their…

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                    A New Field of Science: Space Pasta and Nuclear Crusts

                    Posted on November 8, 2017October 24, 2022 by CrystalRiley 344 views

                    A new field of science is born – astromaterial science. First mentioned in today’s paper, this scientific field studies materials of…

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                      Artist's impression of the planetary system around the red dwarf Gliese 581. Credit: ESO

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