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Betelguese's Brightening Raises Hopes for a Supernova Spectacle Even if you don't know it by name, the red supergiant star Betelgeuse is one of the most familiar sights in the heavens above—a gleaming ruddy dot at the shoulder of the constellation Orion. Although already quite difficult to overlook, Betelgeuse has ...
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How fast is the universe really expanding? Multiple views of an exploding star raise new questions In 1929, another US astronomer, Edwin Hubble, was able to find a number of these Cepheid stars in other galaxies and measure their distance—and from those distances and other measurements, he could determine that the universe was expanding.
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Saturn's rings much younger than Saturn itself A new study shows that the rings are about 400 million years old at most, much younger than Saturn itself, which was thought to be born with our sun 4-and-a-half billion years ago. Image via NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ Space Science Institute.
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Saturn Overthrows Jupiter Within Four Months to Win the 'Game of Moons'; Grand Total Climbs to 145 As if its magnificent rings were not enough to set it apart, Saturn ruled as the planet with the most moons for many years, boasting 83 natural satellites of its own. However, sometime in early 2023, Jupiter swooped in to steal Saturn's crown when ...
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Polarized optical emission from tidal disruption found to be caused by colliding streams of material from a star In their study, reported in the journal Science, the group analyzed data from a tidal disruption event in the WISEA galaxy. Prior research has shown that if a black hole moves ...
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Why hammerhead sharks 'hold their breath' in deeper, colder waters By clicking "Accept All Cookies" or continuing, you agree to the use of cookies, similar tracking and storage technologies, and information about your device to enhance your viewing, listening and user experience, personalize content, ...
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Skylab at 50 – How the United States entered the space station era On May 14, 1973, the final Saturn V rocket lifted off to deploy Skylab, America's first space station. Despite a troubled start to its life, Skylab pioneered long-duration spaceflight, and fifty years later lessons learned in this program are still ...
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Over the Garden Gate: Ferns in the garden and the ecosystem I remember one day, while working the Master Gardener hotline, I got a call from a woman who was very upset. The beautiful floral bouquet she received from a loved one was covered in "bugs." She was referring to the fern fronds added by the florist for ...
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A closer look at the novel celestial events thrilling scientists this month It's been an exciting time for astronomers, astrophysicists and other scientists who specialize in deciphering the far reaches of space. Since the beginning of May, observations of some never-before-seen celestial events have been reported in science ...
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Stunning photo of Earth captured by Europe's new weather satellite The Meteosat Third Generation Imager-1 (MTG-I1) was launched on an Ariane 5 rocket on Dec. 13, 2022, and is the first of a new generation of satellites set to revolutionize weather forecasting in Europe, according to the European Space Agency (ESA).
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