Cloud-spotting on a distant exoplanet
An international team of astronomers has not only detected clouds on the distant exoplanet WASP-127b but also measured their altitude with u
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Sep 24, 20213 min read
White dwarfs become magnetic as they get older
At least one out of four white dwarfs (WDs) will end its life as a magnetic star, and therefore magnetic fields are an essential component o
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Sep 23, 20213 min read
The autumnal equinox and an exciting story about the harvest moon
With the brightness of the harvest moon this year, the hand of autumn knocked on the door, bringing with it the cool breeze, and the leaves
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Sep 22, 20214 min read
Uncovering the mystery of early massive galaxies running on empty
Early massive galaxies that formed in the 3 billion years following the Big Bang should have contained large amounts of cold hydrogen gas, t
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Sep 20, 20213 min read
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (SL9) impacted Jupiter which had broken apart by its gravity
In 1994, the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (SL9) impacted Jupiter, which had captured the comet shortly before (and broken apart by its gravity). T
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Sep 20, 20214 min read
Mars habitability is limited by its small size
Water is essential for life on Earth and other planets, and scientists have found ample evidence of water in Mars early history. But Mars ha
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Sep 20, 20212 min read
A catalog of solar stream interactions
When a fast solar wind stream erupts from a coronal hole (a cooler region in the Sun's atmosphere) and overtakes a slower moving solar wind
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Sep 17, 20214 min read
This is what it looks like when a black hole snacks on a star
While black holes and toddlers don't seem to have much in common, they are remarkably similar in one aspect: Both are messy eaters, generati
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Sep 16, 20212 min read
Why might visiting interstellar objects disappear in space before we see them?
A new research message shows that cosmic ray erosion limits the lifespan of icy interstellar (ISO) objects, and although there may be many o
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Mar 31, 20212 min read
Comet 2I/Borisov id the most pristine visitor from outer space ever observed
A newly observed interstellar comet is the most pristine visitor from outer space ever seen in our Solar System, according to a pair of stud
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