The Milky Way's 'fountain of youth' is made of forbidden stars and water ice
Astronomers have spotted a figurative "stellar fountain of youth" at the heart of the Milky Way. Situated around our galaxy's supermassive black hole, it's an area that holds a shockingly high number of young stars and regions of ice water.
More details - https://www.space.com/forbidden-young-stars-ice-water-milky-way-fountain-of-youth
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Astronomers have spotted a figurative "stellar fountain of youth" at the heart of the Milky Way. Situated around our galaxy's supermassive black hole, it's an area that holds a shockingly high number of young stars and regions of ice water.
More details - https://www.space.com/forbidden-young-stars-ice-water-milky-way-fountain-of-youth
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The Milky Way's 'fountain of youth' is made of forbidden stars and water ice
Astronomers have discovered a surprising abundance of youthful stars around our galaxy’s supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*.
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NASA's 1st asteroid sample is rich in carbon and water, OSIRIS-REx team finds
It looks like Bennu was indeed the right target for NASA's first-ever asteroid sample-return mission.
More details - https://www.space.com/osiris-rex-bennu-asteroid-sample-carbon-water
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It looks like Bennu was indeed the right target for NASA's first-ever asteroid sample-return mission.
More details - https://www.space.com/osiris-rex-bennu-asteroid-sample-carbon-water
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NASA's 1st asteroid sample is rich in carbon and water, OSIRIS-REx team finds
The initial glimpses of the off-Earth material are very promising.
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India to launch test flight on Oct. 21 for future Gaganyaan astronaut mission
After smashing the game with its successful Chandrayaan-3 moon mission and crossing off milestones for its Aditya-L1 sun explorer, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is getting set for yet another major spaceflight endeavor: Gaganyaan.
More details - https://www.space.com/india-gaganyaan-astronaut-mission-test-flight-october-21
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After smashing the game with its successful Chandrayaan-3 moon mission and crossing off milestones for its Aditya-L1 sun explorer, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is getting set for yet another major spaceflight endeavor: Gaganyaan.
More details - https://www.space.com/india-gaganyaan-astronaut-mission-test-flight-october-21
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Mysterious radiation bursts could be coming from 'starquakes' on neutron stars
Mysterious and rapid blasts of radiation that sweep over Earth could be the result of starquakes on "dead stars," or neutron stars. This connection could help scientists better understand earthquakes here on our planet.
More details - https://www.space.com/starquakes-neutron-stars-radiation-bursts
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Mysterious and rapid blasts of radiation that sweep over Earth could be the result of starquakes on "dead stars," or neutron stars. This connection could help scientists better understand earthquakes here on our planet.
More details - https://www.space.com/starquakes-neutron-stars-radiation-bursts
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Mysterious radiation bursts could be coming from 'starquakes' on neutron stars
If fast radio bursts that bombard Earth are linked to starquakes, they could help scientists better understand earthquakes on our planet.
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Hubble Telescope discovers thousands of hot stars camouflaging a spiral galaxy (photo)
Bright pink splotches of young star clusters camouflage a barred spiral galaxy in a new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope.
More details - https://www.space.com/star-clusters-camouflage-galaxy-hubble-photo
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Bright pink splotches of young star clusters camouflage a barred spiral galaxy in a new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope.
More details - https://www.space.com/star-clusters-camouflage-galaxy-hubble-photo
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India's Aditya-L1 solar observatory on course for its sunny parking spot 1 million miles from Earth
India's first solar observatory has made a trajectory correction maneuver to ensure it is on course for a special point in space to observe the sun.
More details - https://www.space.com/india-aditya-l1-sun-solar-observatory-trajectory-correction
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India's first solar observatory has made a trajectory correction maneuver to ensure it is on course for a special point in space to observe the sun.
More details - https://www.space.com/india-aditya-l1-sun-solar-observatory-trajectory-correction
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India's Aditya-L1 solar observatory on course for its sunny parking spot 1 million miles from Earth
The sun-studying spacecraft is on a 110-day journey to its gravitationally stable vantage point.
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Mysterious magnetism in Apollo moon rocks is natural in origin, new study finds
Back in the 1980s, geophysicists analyzing moon rocks brought to Earth during Apollo missions were surprised to find very strong magnetic fields etched onto those samples. The moon is not large enough to power such a field, let alone do so for more than 1.5 billion years. How then, did these lunar samples get magnetized?
More details - https://www.space.com/moon-rock-magnetism-natural-origins-study
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Back in the 1980s, geophysicists analyzing moon rocks brought to Earth during Apollo missions were surprised to find very strong magnetic fields etched onto those samples. The moon is not large enough to power such a field, let alone do so for more than 1.5 billion years. How then, did these lunar samples get magnetized?
More details - https://www.space.com/moon-rock-magnetism-natural-origins-study
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Mysterious magnetism in Apollo moon rocks is natural in origin, new study finds
The findings disprove one of two major oppositions to the theory that the moon powered its own magnetic field.
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1st evidence of giant exoplanet collision afterglow explains unusual eclipse
On Wednesday (Oct. 11), an international team of astronomers reported the first-ever sightings of the aftermath of two giant planets colliding around a sun-like star in another planetary system. Such clashes among planets are not uncommon in our own solar system's history, so these latest findings shed light on how cosmic neighborhoods similar to our own evolve across eons through chaotic and violent events.
More details - https://www.space.com/astronomers-1st-observations-colliding-giant-exoplanets
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On Wednesday (Oct. 11), an international team of astronomers reported the first-ever sightings of the aftermath of two giant planets colliding around a sun-like star in another planetary system. Such clashes among planets are not uncommon in our own solar system's history, so these latest findings shed light on how cosmic neighborhoods similar to our own evolve across eons through chaotic and violent events.
More details - https://www.space.com/astronomers-1st-observations-colliding-giant-exoplanets
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1st evidence of giant exoplanet collision afterglow explains unusual eclipse
The findings could shed light on how solar systems evolve through chaotic and violent events.
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The 5 main stages of October's annular solar eclipse explained
The sun will appear as a blazing ring of fire in the sky over the Americas on Saturday, Oct.14, as an annular eclipse sweeps over the continent.
More details - https://www.space.com/annular-solar-eclipse-2023-main-stages-explained
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The sun will appear as a blazing ring of fire in the sky over the Americas on Saturday, Oct.14, as an annular eclipse sweeps over the continent.
More details - https://www.space.com/annular-solar-eclipse-2023-main-stages-explained
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The 5 main stages of October's annular solar eclipse explained
On Saturday (Oct. 14), an annular solar eclipse will sweep across the Americas. Here's how it will play out.
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How precious metals were brought to Earth and preserved in a magma ocean
When giant impacts brought Earth its precious metals such as gold and platinum long ago, those metals remained near our planet's surface thanks to a molten magma ocean. This ocean, formed by the impact itself, was able to trap the metals and keep them safe.
More details - https://www.space.com/gold-jewelry-precious-metals-earth-mantle-magma-ocean
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When giant impacts brought Earth its precious metals such as gold and platinum long ago, those metals remained near our planet's surface thanks to a molten magma ocean. This ocean, formed by the impact itself, was able to trap the metals and keep them safe.
More details - https://www.space.com/gold-jewelry-precious-metals-earth-mantle-magma-ocean
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How precious metals were brought to Earth and preserved in a magma ocean
Ancient impacts brought gold and other precious metals to our planet, and a magma ocean produced with these impacts' heat trapped those metals and kept them safe.
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China discovers never-before-seen ore containing a highly valuable rare earth element
Scientists in China have unearthed a never-before-seen type of ore that contains a rare earth element sought after for its superconductive properties.
More details - https://www.space.com/china-niobobaotite-discovery-rare-earth-element
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Scientists in China have unearthed a never-before-seen type of ore that contains a rare earth element sought after for its superconductive properties.
More details - https://www.space.com/china-niobobaotite-discovery-rare-earth-element
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China discovers never-before-seen ore containing a highly valuable rare earth element
A new ore, dubbed niobobaotite, was discovered in Inner Mongolia's Bayan Obo deposit.
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An illustration of NASA’s Perseverance rover exploring inside Mars’ Jezero Crater. The 28-mile-wide (45-kilometer-wide) crater is located on the western edge of a flat plain called Isidis Planitia, which lies just north of the Martian equator. NASA believes the ancient lake-delta system there is the best place for Perseverance, in its hunt for signs of past microscopic life, to find and collect promising rock and regolith (broken rock and dust) samples for a possible future return to Earth.
A key objective for Perseverance’s mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet’s geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith.
Subsequent missions, currently under consideration by NASA in cooperation with ESA (European Space Agency), would send spacecraft to Mars to collect these cached samples from the surface and return them to
A key objective for Perseverance’s mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet’s geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith.
Subsequent missions, currently under consideration by NASA in cooperation with ESA (European Space Agency), would send spacecraft to Mars to collect these cached samples from the surface and return them to
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James Webb Space Telescope finds rare heavy chemical element from 'kilonova' explosion
Astronomers using NASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) just spotted tellurium, an element rarer than platinum is on Earth, in the aftermath of two dense stellar corpses about 1 billion light-years away. The findings could help researchers better understand the conditions in which precious chemical elements are created in the universe.
More details - https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-tellurium-kilonova
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Astronomers using NASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) just spotted tellurium, an element rarer than platinum is on Earth, in the aftermath of two dense stellar corpses about 1 billion light-years away. The findings could help researchers better understand the conditions in which precious chemical elements are created in the universe.
More details - https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-tellurium-kilonova
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James Webb Space Telescope finds rare heavy chemical element from 'kilonova' explosion
Tellurium, an element rarer than platinum on Earth, was just found in the aftermath of a violent cosmic event 1 billion light-years away, thanks to the infrared observatory.
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LIGO gravitational wave detector breaks 'quantum limit' to find deep universe black hole collisions
Earth’s premier gravitational wave detector just received a major upgrade that will significantly improve its ability to spot ripples in the fabric of space and time — undulations created by collisions between black holes or neutron stars, and sometimes, between both.
More details - https://www.space.com/ligo-gravitational-waves-breaks-quantum-limit
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Earth’s premier gravitational wave detector just received a major upgrade that will significantly improve its ability to spot ripples in the fabric of space and time — undulations created by collisions between black holes or neutron stars, and sometimes, between both.
More details - https://www.space.com/ligo-gravitational-waves-breaks-quantum-limit
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Distorted crystals use 'pseudogravity' to bend light like black holes do
A new crystal can bend light like a black hole would, causing the light to bow away from its usual straight path.
More details - https://www.space.com/distorted-crystals-use-pseudogravity-to-bend-like-black-holes
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A new crystal can bend light like a black hole would, causing the light to bow away from its usual straight path.
More details - https://www.space.com/distorted-crystals-use-pseudogravity-to-bend-like-black-holes
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Distorted crystals use 'pseudogravity' to bend light like black holes do
Researchers have used a special crystal to bend the trajectory of light like a black hole would, a phenomenon known as 'pseudogravity.'
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