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Astronomy – Solar System, Planets, Stars
JupiterJupiter, the fifth planet from the Sun and largest planet in the solar system. The Great Red Spot is visible in the lower left. This image is based on observations made by the Voyager 1 spacecraft in 1979.(more) The solar system took shape 4.57 billion years ago, when it condensed within a large cloud of…
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Charting New Territory: The South Pole Landing Regions of Artemis III
Where will NASA’s Artemis Program precisely land astronauts near the lunar south pole? This is what the famed space agency hopes to figure out as they recently narrowed the list of potential landing regions from 13 to 9, underscoring NASA’s ongoing urgency in selecting a final landing site prior to landing astronauts on the Moon…
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James Webb telescope finds 1st possible ‘failed stars’ beyond the Milky Way — and they could reveal new secrets of the early universe
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have peeked over the Milky Way’s back fence and found that there’s something strange about the stellar infants playing next door. While zooming in on the young star cluster NGC 602 in the nearby Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), the researchers spotted what may be the first evidence…
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Astronomers Discover Carbon Molecule in Interstellar Space
Astronomers have identified a new organic molecule, 1-cyanopyrene in interstellar space. This finding provides insights into how carbon-rich compounds form and survive in these regions. Carbon is crucial for life on Earth and its presence in space has been a key area of research. Scientists believed that carbon-rich stars released small carbon molecules that could…
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For sale: One Boeing space program, says report
Boeing’s Starliner was plagued by malfunctions during its first crewed test flight this year. Credit: NASA The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Boeing is getting out of the space business — or trying to. Part of a wider move to trim and improve business holdings and operations, the company is looking to offload…
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First-ever photo of Milky Way’s black hole not accurate, scientists claim
A trio of Japanese astronomers has challenged the accuracy of the first-ever image showing the supermassive black hole that lies at the heart of our galaxy. If confirmed, the findings of the researchers from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, would indicate that the…
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Astronomers Identify New Organic Molecule in Interstellar Space
Astronomers Identify New Organic Molecule in Interstellar Space by Clarence Oxford Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 28, 2024 The element carbon, foundational to life on Earth and potentially elsewhere, is known to exist in vast quantities across space. However, locating substantial amounts of carbon in interstellar regions has proven unexpectedly challenging. A recent discovery, involving…
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First Images of the Sun’s Flares Released From a New Space Telescope
Forecasters will soon be able to use the instrument, a coronagraph, to better monitor the effects of solar storms. Before the northern lights fill the night sky on Earth with their eerie neon glow, a blast of electrified gas flares up from the sun’s surface. And scientists are now getting a powerful new view of…
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Coronagraph | Solar Imaging, Space Exploration & Astronomy
coronagraph, telescope that blocks the light of a star inside the instrument so that objects close to the star can be observed. It was invented in 1930 by the French astronomer Bernard Lyot and was used to observe the Sun’s corona and prominences. When a coronagraph is used to observe the Sun, a round metal…
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Astronomers discovered a new, complex molecule in the depths of interstellar space
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are organic molecules of connected aromatic rings. While infrared emission bands indicate that PAHs are plentiful in space, only a few specific PAHs have been found in the interstellar medium. An asteroid has led researchers to uncover the most significant molecule ever detected by radioastronomy and the third-largest identified in space.…