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Category: Astrophysics

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Scientists found neutron stars merge to make heavy elements

Posted on June 13, 2024June 25, 2025 by Ben Pauley

A team of astrophysicists in China simulated collisions between the remains of former stars and showed the resulting explosions could…

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    The universe’s dust is on the decline

    Posted on May 27, 2024June 25, 2025 by Ben Pauley

    Astronomers found the density of dust in the universe has been steadily decreasing for the last 10 billion years, as it coalesced to form…

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      DART collision alters path of a near-Earth asteroid

      Posted on July 6, 2023June 25, 2025 by Aubrey Zerkle

      Scientists tested planetary defense technology by slamming a spacecraft into an asteroid in an attempt to alter its course. They used…

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        Creating a cosmic family tree

        Posted on June 15, 2023October 7, 2023 by Sciworthy

        Astronomers traced the genealogy of a kilonova explosion by using models to find its most likely parent stars.

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          A detailed look at a rare meteorite

          Posted on January 10, 2022June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

          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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            Earth's Magnetic Field
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            Using radio signals from exoplanets to detect magnetic fields

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

            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, 2020June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

              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, 2020June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

                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, 2020June 25, 2025 by Hunter Dulay

                  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

                    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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