Gaia discovers a new family of black holes
Using data from ESA’s Gaia mission, astronomers have discovered not only the closest but also the second closest black hole to Earth, European Space Agency reported. The black holes, Gaia …
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Sustainable space exploration will harness microbes
Global warming, pollution and diminishing resources are generating great urgency among scientists seeking solutions by expanding frontiers of exploration and developing new technologies. In doing so, they are thinking big: …
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Splash Down Near Florida Coast, Safe on Earth
Washington: After splashing down safely in their Dragon spacecraft off the coast of Tampa, Florida, on Saturday, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 completed the agency’s fifth commercial crew rotation mission to the International Space …
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NASA Awards Agencywide Contract for Communication Services
NASA: Image credit: NASA Washington/NASA has selected PCI Productions LLC of Huntsville, Alabama, to manage communication services for all agency centers including headquarters, as well as its mission directorates, to …
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Jupiter’s moon count jumps to 92, most in solar system
CMEDIA: Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92, https://phys.org/news reported. That’s more than any other planet in our solar system. Saturn, …
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Buzz Aldrin, second man on the Moon, marries on his 93rd birthday
Legendary Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second person to set foot on the Moon, said he had married his longtime girlfriend on Friday, his 93rd birthday, https://phys.org/news/2023 reported. Aldrin …
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SALT discovers new hot white dwarf and pre-white dwarf stars
Using the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), an international team of astronomers has discovered eight new very hot white dwarf and pre-white dwarf stars with effective temperatures over 100,000 K. …
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US, Japan Sign Space Collaboration Agreement at NASA Headquarters
Washington: During an event hosted by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy at the agency’s Headquarters in Washington Friday, representatives from the United States and Japan gathered …
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Indian astronomers detect dozens of variable stars in the NGC 381 region
Astronomers from the Aryabhatta Research Institute of observational sciencES (ARIES) and from the Physical Research Laboratory in India report the detection of 57 variable stars in the field of the …
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Ten times this year the Webb telescope blew us away with new images of our stunning universe
It is no exaggeration to say the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) represents a new era for modern astronomy. Launched on December 25 last year and fully operational since July, …
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