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Black Hole Tears Star Apart, Sends Out Powerful Flares Six Months Later
Astronomers observed a black hole 650 million light-years away rip apart a star and, months later, emit two powerful flares.…
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Vast Space to Launch Haven-1, the World’s First Private Space Station in 2026
Vast Space’s Haven-1, a single-module orbital lab, will launch in 2026 via SpaceX’s Falcon 9. Vast Space’s Haven-1, the first…
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Scientists Create Most Detailed Radio Map of Early Universe Using MWA
Astronomers using nine years of MWA data have set the strongest limits yet on the 21-cm hydrogen signal from the…
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Ryugu Samples Reveal Ancient Water Flow on Asteroid for a Billion Years
Ryugu’s water traces show ancient asteroid activity may have helped shape Earth’s oceans. Ryugu samples reveal billion-year-old signs of liquid…
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Astronomers Capture First Image of Two Supermassive Black Holes Orbiting Each Other
OJ 287’s two supermassive black holes captured for the first time in a stunning image. Twin black holes spiral in…
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Astronomers Detect Smallest Known Clump of Pure Dark Matter Using Gravitational Lensing
A pure dark matter clump about a million solar masses and 10 billion light-years away has been detected through Einstein…
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Uranus and Neptune May Be More Rock Than Ice, New Research Suggests
A new study challenges the long-held belief that Uranus and Neptune are ice giants. Hubble image shows Uranus and Neptune…
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Physicists Recreate Einstein’s Near-Light-Speed Illusion Predicted 70 Years Ago
Physicists recreate a 1950s near-light-speed illusion showing objects appear rotated instead of squashed. Laser-based experiment recreates near-light-speed illusion predicted by…