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December 20, 2020 Earl

The Milky Way’s Double Bubble

The Milky Way’s Double Bubble When it comes to blowing bubbles, never go toe-to-toe with a galaxy. Ten years ago,
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December 8, 2020 Earl

The new light-based quantum computer Jiuzhang has achieved quantum supremacy

The new light-based quantum computer Jiuzhang has achieved quantum supremacy A second type of quantum computer has now
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December 8, 2020 Earl

The Search for Dark Matter Is Dramatically Expanding

The Search for Dark Matter Is Dramatically Expanding The Search for Dark Matter Is Dramatically Expanding Physicists are checking whether
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December 6, 2020 Earl

‘WTF?’: newly discovered ghostly circles in the sky can’t be explained by current theories, and astronomers are excited

‘WTF?’: newly discovered ghostly circles in the sky can’t be explained by current theories, and astronomers are excited In September
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December 5, 2020 Earl

Solid phosphorus and fluorine in the dust from the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

New research indicates comets carry all the elements required for life. ABSTRACT Here, we report the detection of phosphorus
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October 15, 2020 Earl

Amino acid found in the atmosphere of Venus

Amino acids are considered to be prime ingredients in chemistry, leading to life. Glycine is the simplest amino acid and
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October 6, 2020 Earl

Comparison of images with and without Adaptive Optics

Adaptive optics control the surfaces of a telescope’s optic – often the main mirror – to take into account the
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September 22, 2020 Earl

SwRI instruments aboard Rosetta help detect unexpected ultraviolet aurora at a comet

SwRI instruments aboard Rosetta help detect unexpected ultraviolet aurora at a comet Data from Southwest Research Institute-led instruments
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September 8, 2020 Earl

Mars’ Twin Peaks – Super-Resolution Image From Mars Pathfinder

NASA’s Mars Pathfinder mission landed on the Red Planet on July 4, 1997. It’s tiny rover, named Sojourner after abolitionist Sojourner Truth,
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September 4, 2020 Earl

Lucy: The First Mission to the Trojan Asteroids

Lucy: The First Mission to the Trojan Asteroids Time capsules from the birth of our Solar System more than 4
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August 31, 2020 Cosmology

This Is The Most Exciting Crisis in Cosmology

For as long as there has been a Universe, space has been expanding. It winked into existence roughly 13.8 billion years ago, and has been puffing up ever since, like

August 26, 2020 Astronomy / Astrophysics

The First Gamma-Ray Pulsar Confirmed by the People

The First Gamma-Ray Pulsar Confirmed by the People Gamma ray pulars werep discovered a little while ago, and in onepone family, the spider pulsar, it accretes or gains

August 24, 2020 Mars

Space Mission and Science News | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Space Mission and Science News | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory The last time we saw NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission was on July 30, 2020, as it disappeared

August 17, 2020 Astronomy

How quarantine has inspired new amateur astronomers

How quarantine has inspired new amateur astronomers (some who wouldn’t mind an alien abduction) No surprises that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought out the inner astronomer in many

August 10, 2020 Astronomy / Astrophysics / Telescopes

CSIRO Parkes radio telescope added to National Heritage List – CSIRO

The iconic Parkes radio telescope, otherwise known as The Dish, has been officially recognised for its contribution to Australian astronomy and humankind’s understanding of the Universe with its addition to

August 7, 2020 Space

Why Elon Musk’s satellite swarm is an accident waiting to happen

Why Elon Musk’s satellite swarm is an accident waiting to happen Astronomers are worried about the SpaceX satellites ruining astro images but what’s there are the moment is nothing