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Six billion tonnes a second: Rogue planet found growing at record rate | ESO www.eso.org/public/news/...
Six billion tonnes a second: Rogue planet found growing at record rate
Astronomers have identified an enormous ‘growth spurt’ in a so-called rogue planet. Unlike the planets in our Solar System, these objects do not orbit stars, free-floating on their own instead. The...
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October 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Six billion tonnes a second: Rogue planet found growing at record rate | ESO www.eso.org/public/news/...
"Big surprise": astronomers find planet in perpendicular orbit around pair of stars | ESO www.eso.org/public/news/...
"Big surprise": astronomers find planet in perpendicular orbit around pair of stars
Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these ‘polar planets’ orbiting...
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April 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"Big surprise": astronomers find planet in perpendicular orbit around pair of stars | ESO www.eso.org/public/news/...
Star cluster reveals its colours in stunning 80-million-pixel ESO image │ ESO
Star cluster reveals its colours in stunning 80-million-pixel ESO image
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released a stunning 80 million-pixel image of the star cluster RCW 38, as captured by ESO’s Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA),…
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February 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Star cluster reveals its colours in stunning 80-million-pixel ESO image │ ESO
Some will experience a bit of a headwind.
February 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Some will experience a bit of a headwind.
The Balance of Gravity | by Brian Koberlein
The Balance of Gravity | by Brian Koberlein
Polarization observations of merging black holes tests whether gravity obeys symmetry.
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January 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The Balance of Gravity | by Brian Koberlein
A Dragon Full of Stars | by Brian Koberlein
A Dragon Full of Stars | by Brian Koberlein
More than 40 gravitationally lensed stars can be seen in a distant galaxy thanks to gravitational lensing
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January 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A Dragon Full of Stars | by Brian Koberlein
Timescape | by Brian Koberlein
Timescape | by Brian Koberlein
The Universe is expanding, but a new paper argues the cause is not dark energy.
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January 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Timescape | by Brian Koberlein
December 29, 2024 at 9:15 AM
December 28, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Smaller Neutron Stars | by Brian Koberlein https://buff.ly/4gtGYgE
December 26, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Smaller Neutron Stars | by Brian Koberlein https://buff.ly/4gtGYgE
Jet Set Growth | by Brian Koberlein
Jet Set Growth | by Brian Koberlein
The jets of young supermassive black holes help drive their rapid growth.
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December 23, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Jet Set Growth | by Brian Koberlein
World-first direct 5G connection to low Earth orbit satellite opens new era for mobile coverage │ ESA
World-first direct 5G connection to low Earth orbit satellite opens new era for mobile coverage
In a world first, ESA and Telesat have successfully connected a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite to the ground using 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) technology in the Ka-band frequency range, marking…
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December 23, 2024 at 11:14 AM
World-first direct 5G connection to low Earth orbit satellite opens new era for mobile coverage │ ESA
Ancestral Masses | by Brian Koberlein
Ancestral Masses | by Brian Koberlein
Black hole mergers may reveal the genealogy of black holes.
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December 19, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Ancestral Masses | by Brian Koberlein
First ever binary star found near our galaxy’s supermassive black hole │ ESO
First ever binary star found near our galaxy’s supermassive black hole
An international team of researchers has detected a binary star orbiting close to Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy. It is the first time a stellar pair has been…
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December 17, 2024 at 4:10 PM
First ever binary star found near our galaxy’s supermassive black hole │ ESO
Firefly Sparkle | by Brian Koberlein
Firefly Sparkle | by Brian Koberlein
Astronomers weigh a small galaxy from when the Universe was just 600 million years old.
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December 13, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Firefly Sparkle | by Brian Koberlein
Gotta Lava It | by Brian Koberlein
Gotta Lava It | by Brian Koberlein
Lava on young Earth drove the Moon farther away. Similar effects may occur on lava exoplanets.
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December 12, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Gotta Lava It | by Brian Koberlein
AI-powered satellite data reveals clouds in 3D https://buff.ly/4fceQNq
December 11, 2024 at 3:13 PM
AI-powered satellite data reveals clouds in 3D https://buff.ly/4fceQNq
Modified Energy, Modified Gravity | by Brian Koberlein https://buff.ly/49ucW9V
December 8, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Modified Energy, Modified Gravity | by Brian Koberlein https://buff.ly/49ucW9V
Five space mysteries Proba-3 will help solve | ESA
Five space mysteries Proba-3 will help solve
ESA’s Proba-3 will be the first mission to create an artificial total solar eclipse by flying a pair of satellites 150 metres apart. For six hours at a time, it will be able to see the Sun’s faint…
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December 3, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Five space mysteries Proba-3 will help solve | ESA
What Lies Beneath | by Brian Koberlein
What Lies Beneath | by Brian Koberlein
The interiors of Uranus and Neptune may explain their unusual magnetic fields.
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December 2, 2024 at 5:13 PM
What Lies Beneath | by Brian Koberlein
European Union funds the conceptual study of the Wide Field Spectroscopic Telescope - ICRAR
European Union funds the conceptual study of the Wide Field Spectroscopic Telescope - ICRAR
UWA is co-lead of the WST survey design package that will define what the facility will observe during its first few years.
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November 29, 2024 at 8:51 AM
European Union funds the conceptual study of the Wide Field Spectroscopic Telescope - ICRAR
For the first time, researchers at ETH Zurich have been able to fully explain the various causes of long-term polar motion in the most comprehensive modeling to date, using AI methods.
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How climate change is altering the Earth's rotation
For the first time, researchers at ETH Zurich have been able to fully explain the various causes of long-term polar motion in the most comprehensive modeling to date, using AI methods. Their model and...
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July 16, 2024 at 5:08 PM
For the first time, researchers at ETH Zurich have been able to fully explain the various causes of long-term polar motion in the most comprehensive modeling to date, using AI methods.
phys.org/news/2024-07...
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Is anyone else binging Star Wars to learn how to deal with what could be our future?
Make sure you and those you care about are registered to vote, and have a plan.
Be the butterfly's wings that change the world with one small flap.
#AWomansPlaceIsInTheResistance
Make sure you and those you care about are registered to vote, and have a plan.
Be the butterfly's wings that change the world with one small flap.
#AWomansPlaceIsInTheResistance
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July 16, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Is anyone else binging Star Wars to learn how to deal with what could be our future?
Make sure you and those you care about are registered to vote, and have a plan.
Be the butterfly's wings that change the world with one small flap.
#AWomansPlaceIsInTheResistance
Make sure you and those you care about are registered to vote, and have a plan.
Be the butterfly's wings that change the world with one small flap.
#AWomansPlaceIsInTheResistance
As long as there are memories, yesterday remains.
As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits.
As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
-- Billy Joel
As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits.
As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
-- Billy Joel
June 6, 2024 at 6:07 PM
As long as there are memories, yesterday remains.
As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits.
As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
-- Billy Joel
As long as there is hope, tomorrow awaits.
As long as there is friendship, today is beautiful.
-- Billy Joel