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Mysteries of Uranus’ Oddities Explained by Japanese Astronomers

April 7, 2020
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Tokyo, Japan — The ice giant Uranus’ unusual attributes have long puzzled scientists. All of the planets in our Solar System revolve around the Sun in the same direction and in the same plane,...

To Make Ultra-Black Materials that won’t Weigh Things Down, Consider Butterfly

March 12, 2020
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Durham, NC — Set against a piece of black construction paper, the wings of the male cattleheart butterfly look even blacker than black. “Some animals have taken black to an extreme,”...

Astronomers Use Slime Mold Model to Reveal Dark Threads of Cosmic Web

March 12, 2020
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Santa Cruz, CA — A computational approach inspired by the growth patterns of a bright yellow slime mold has enabled a team of astronomers and computer scientists at UC Santa Cruz to trace the filaments...

What If Mysterious ‘Cotton Candy’ Planets Actually Sport Rings?

March 4, 2020
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Pasadena, CA — Some of the extremely low-density, “cotton candy like” exoplanets called super-puffs may actually have rings, according to new research published in The Astronomical Journal...

Astronomers Detect Biggest Explosion in the History of the Universe

February 28, 2020
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Bentley, Western Australia — Scientists studying a distant galaxy cluster have discovered the biggest explosion seen in the Universe since the Big Bang. The blast came from a supermassive black...

AI Could Deceive Us as Much as the Human Eye Does in the Search for Extraterrestrials, Says Study

January 29, 2020
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Madrid, Spain — An artificial neural network has identified a square structure within a triangular one in a crater on the dwarf planet Ceres, with several people agreeing on this perception. The result...

Shocked Meteorites Provide Clues to Earth’s Lower Mantle

January 12, 2020
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Tempe, AZ — Deep below the Earth’s surface lies a thick rocky layer called the mantle, which makes up the majority of our planet’s volume. While Earth’s mantle is too deep for humans...

At Future Mars Landing Spot, Scientists Spy Mineral That Could Preserve Signs of Past Life

November 13, 2019
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Providence, RI — Next year, NASA plans to launch a new Mars rover to search for signs of ancient life on the Red Planet. A new study shows that the rover’s Jezero crater landing site is home...

Quantum Paradox Experiment may Lead to More Accurate Clocks and Sensors

October 15, 2019
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Brisbane, Australia — More accurate clocks and sensors may result from a recently proposed experiment, linking an Einstein-devised paradox to quantum mechanics. University of Queensland physicist...

The Milky Way Kidnapped Several Tiny Galaxies from Its Neighbour

October 11, 2019
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Riverside, CA — Just like the moon orbits the Earth, and the Earth orbits the sun, galaxies orbit each other according to the predictions of cosmology. For example, more than 50 discovered satellite...

New ‘Fuzzy’ Dark Matter Research Disrupts Conventional Thinking

October 4, 2019
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Brighton, UK — New research conducted at the University of Sussex has simulated dark matter in a new way, disrupting conventional thinking about the make-up of the universe. The research, published...

NASA Visualization Shows a Black Hole’s Warped World

September 27, 2019
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Greenbelt, MD — This new visualization of a black hole illustrates how its gravity distorts our view, warping its surroundings as if seen in a carnival mirror. The visualization simulates the appearance...

New Model Proposes Jets Go Superluminal in Gamma-Ray Bursts

September 25, 2019
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Houghton, MI — Astrophysicists Jon Hakkila of the College of Charleston and Robert Nemiroff of the Michigan Technological University have published research indicating that blasts that create gamma-ray...

Most Massive Neutron Star Ever Detected, Almost Too Massive to Exist

September 18, 2019
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Green Bank, WV — Neutron stars – the compressed remains of massive stars gone supernova – are the densest “normal” objects in the known universe. (Black holes are technically...

‘Ringing’ Black Hole Validates Einstein’s General Relativity 10 Years Ahead of Schedule

September 16, 2019
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Stony Brook, NY — For the first time, astrophysicists have heard a black hole ringing like a bell. By reanalyzing the first black hole merger ever detected, the astrophysicists measured the gravitational...

Study Reveals ‘Radical’ Wrinkle in Forming Complex Carbon Molecules in Space

September 4, 2019
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Berkeley, CA — A team of scientists has discovered a new possible pathway toward forming carbon structures in space using a specialized chemical exploration technique at the Department of Energy’s...

Virtual ‘Universe Machine’ Sheds Light on Galaxy Evolution

August 12, 2019
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Tucson, AZ — How do galaxies such as our Milky Way come into existence? How do they grow and change over time? The science behind galaxy formation has remained a puzzle for decades, but a University...

Astronomers Map Vast Void in Our Cosmic Neighborhood

July 23, 2019
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Honolulu, Hawaii — An astronomer from the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy and an international team published a new study that reveals more of the vast cosmic structure surrounding our...

Research Reveals the Early Days of the Milky Way

July 23, 2019
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain — The universe 13,000 million years ago was very different from the universe we know today. It is understood that stars were forming at a very rapid rate, forming the...

Astronauts Less Likely to Faint on Earth If They Exercise in Space; Findings May Help Others with Fainting Issues

July 19, 2019
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Dallas, TX — Nearly 50 years after man’s first steps on the moon, researchers have discovered a way that may help astronauts spending prolonged time in space come back to Earth on more stable...

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