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Solar maximum will arrive sooner and last longer than previously expected, say scientists The sun will reach the peak of its current activity cycle in 2024, one year earlier than previous estimates, according to experts at NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC). The revised prediction now places Solar Cycle 25's peak of activity ...
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James Webb Space Telescope dives deep into the Crab Nebula supernova wreckage (video) In the modern era of astronomy, the Crab Nebula continues to enthrall scientists who use this relatively close cloud of gas and dust to study how stellar explosions proceed and what their after-effects are.
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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral SpaceX will make another attempt Monday night to launch a Falcon 9 carrying 23 more satellites for its Starlink internet service from Cape Canaveral. Liftoff from pad 40 is scheduled for 7:20 p.m. EDT (2320 UTC). On Sunday night the countdown reached ...
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Webb telescope image captures ghostly glow of the Crab Nebula The James Webb Space Telescope has captured wispy new details of cosmic gas and dust within the Crab Nebula, revealing insights into what happens in the aftermath of a massive star explosion. The Crab Nebula is a ...
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An apocalyptic dust plume killed off the dinosaurs, study says For decades, scientists have known that a giant asteroid smashed into what is now the Yucatán Peninsula roughly 66 million years ago. Most experts agree the event triggered a mass extinction that wiped out three-quarters of all species, including almost ...
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Asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs halted a key process for life on Earth, scientists say The age of the dinosaurs ended 66 million years ago when a city-size asteroid struck a shallow sea off the coast of what is now Mexico. But exactly how the mass extinction of 75% of ...
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Dust Might Have Snuffed Out the Dinosaurs A simulation suggests that fine particles played a stronger role in cooling the planet and stalling photosynthesis after an asteroid impacted the Earth. Share full article.
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What to know about the 'devil comet' expected to pass by Earth in the summer Dr. Eliot Herman, a retired professor at the University of Arizona and an amateur astronomer, who has captured images of the comet with a remote telescope, said it will be interesting to see if 12P/Pons-Brooks has more eruptions over the next few months ...
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How Galileo changed the universe in a single day Galileo painted by Justus Sustermans c. 1640, one of the most celebrated portraits of the mathematician and astronomer who many see as the founder of modern science. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. In our ...
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A massive comet some say looks like the Millennium Falcon may be visible from Earth next year A massive comet traveling toward Earth has had two explosions in four months, according to the British Astronomy Association. Astronomers have observed the comet, 12P/Pons-Brooks, and its so-called "outbursts" – sudden, large releases of dust and gas ...
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