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Read more about the article China’s Mars rover has amassed reams of novel geological data

China’s Mars rover has amassed reams of novel geological data

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  • Post published:November 30, 2021
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More than 30 scientists across mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau are rushing to process data collected by China’s Mars rover, Zhurong, and by the nation’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft, which is…

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Read more about the article Vast satellite constellations are alarming astronomers

Vast satellite constellations are alarming astronomers

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  • Post published:November 27, 2021
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On may 24th 2019 a Falcon 9 rocket built by SpaceX launched 60 communication satellites into a low orbit around the Earth. That evening they appeared as a string of…

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Read more about the article Magellanic Stream arcing over Milky Way may be five times closer than previously thought

Magellanic Stream arcing over Milky Way may be five times closer than previously thought

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  • Post published:November 24, 2021
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Our galaxy is not alone. Swirling around the Milky Way are several smaller, dwarf galaxies — the biggest of which are the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds, visible in the…

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Read more about the article Intermediate mass black hole in the centre of M31’s largest globular cluster

Intermediate mass black hole in the centre of M31’s largest globular cluster

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  • Post published:November 19, 2021
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Very cool research on the detection of an intermediate-mass (approx. 100,000 times the mass of the Sun) black hole in the most massive Globular Cluster of Andromeda. This means that…

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Read more about the article Record number of new gravitational waves offers game-changing window into universe

Record number of new gravitational waves offers game-changing window into universe

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  • Post published:November 9, 2021
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Scientists say 35 novel discoveries included a pair of massive black holes 145 times as heavy as the sun orbiting each other. Astronomers have detected a record number of gravitational…

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Read more about the article Squeezing down the Theory Space for Cosmic Inflation

Squeezing down the Theory Space for Cosmic Inflation

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  • Post published:November 7, 2021
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An updated search for primordial gravitational waves has not found a signal, which implies that some popular early Universe models are becoming less viable. Remarkably, the large-scale Universe can be…

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  • “Building Blocks of Life” Discovered in Meteorite That Crash Landed in England
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  • Unexpected New Ring System Discovered in Our Own Solar System
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