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A hundred million suns: The most complete portrait of a supernova

Mar 28, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Humankind has long turned to the skies in search of answers. Accounts of supernovae – exploding stars – go back...

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Water observed on asteroids for the first time – Physics World

The first direct observation of water on the surface of an asteroid has been made using an airborne near-infrared telescope. Water was detected on...

James Webb telescope detects traces of neutron star in iconic supernova

Feb 22, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Supernovae are the spectacular end result of the collapse of stars more massive than 8-10 times the mass of the...

NASA selects ultraviolet astronomy mission but delays its launch two years

TITUSVILLE, Fla. — NASA has selected an ultraviolet observatory for development but will delay its launch by two years because of budget challenges. NASA announced...

BAE Systems wins approval for Ball Aerospace acquisition

TITUSVILLE, Fla. — BAE Systems will complete its $5.5 billion acquisition of Ball Aerospace in days after securing regulatory approvals for the deal. The companies...

This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through February 10)

Sam Altman Seeks Trillions of Dollars to Reshape Business of Chips and AIKeach Hagey | The Wall Street Journal“The OpenAI chief executive officer is...

SpaceX launches billion-dollar environmental research satellite for NASA

SpaceX launched an environmental research satellite for NASA early Thursday, a nearly $1 billion spacecraft that survived multiple cancellation threats and is now poised...

In a ‘Dark Dimension,’ Physicists Search for Missing Matter | Quanta Magazine

IntroductionWhen it comes to understanding the fabric of the universe, most of what scientists think exists is consigned to a dark, murky domain. Ordinary...

Bright galaxies put dark matter to the test

Jan 31, 2024 (Nanowerk News) For the past year and a half, the James Webb Space Telescope has delivered astonishing images of distant galaxies formed...

The Best Neighborhoods for Starting a Life in the Galaxy | Quanta Magazine

IntroductionTo harbor life, at least as we know it, a planet must orbit a star that is relatively calm and stable. The planet’s orbit...

Metalens images dim nebula, galaxies shaped like pool noodles and surfboards – Physics World

To describe Federico Capasso at Harvard University as a prolific researcher is an understatement and I have been following his work in photonics for...

Clashing Cosmic Numbers Challenge Our Best Theory of the Universe | Quanta Magazine

IntroductionIn the early 2000s, it seemed that cosmologists had solved the largest and most complex puzzle of all: how the universe works. “There was this...

Lightest black hole or heaviest neutron star?

Jan 18, 2024 (Nanowerk News) An international team of astronomers, led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, have used the MeerKAT...

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