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Ireland’s newest Astronomy Club launches in Drogheda
Once you get bitten by the astronomy bug, it never leaves you, and your whole world suddenly opens up to the most amazing new possibilities and discoveries. The night sky is always there, even in daylight, but it’s only when our position on earth has turned sufficiently enough away from the sun that its light…
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NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to host rave for astronomy geeks with…
This party is sure to be far out. The Kennedy Space Center of Cape Canaveral, Florida is gearing up for a major launch in February — of an after-hours techno rave and costume party among real astronauts at its visitor complex. “The colors of the cosmos come to life” on the evening of February 2…
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James Webb Space Telescope
This image from Webb’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) shows the star system Beta Pictoris. An edge-on disk of dusty debris generated by collisions between planetesimals (orange) dominates the view. A hotter, secondary disk (cyan) is inclined by about 5 degrees relative to the primary disk. The curved feature at upper right, which the science team nicknamed…
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Einstein Probe Launches: A Paradigm Shift in X-Ray Astronomy
The Einstein Probe, launched on January 9, 2024, is a joint venture led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, with contributions from ESA and MPE. Its goal is to study X-ray emissions from cosmic phenomena, enhancing our knowledge of the Universe and gravitational waves. Credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences Launched successfully, the Einstein Probe aims…
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NASA and JAXA troubleshooting glitch with new X-ray astronomy satellite
NEW ORLEANS — A Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite, with contributions from NASA and ESA, is working well in orbit four months after its launch, other than an issue that could affect one of its instruments. The Japanese space agency JAXA launched the X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) on an H-2A Sept. 6. XRISM is…
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Astronomers solve mystery of ‘Green Monster’ in famous supernova remnant (photo)
The bizarre, grinch-like wisp of green light dubbed the Green Monster, first seen last year snaking through the glowing remnants of an exploded star, belongs to a blast wave bordering the debris field, a new study reveals. Last April, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST or Webb) photographed the unusual “wall of emission” in front…
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The explosions of stars may form mysterious, giant ‘odd radio circles’ in space
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — Odd radio circles in space have mystified astronomers since the cosmic objects were first discovered in 2019. Now, scientists think they may understand what forms these mysterious celestial structures, and the answer could provide…
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Space Oddity: Uncovering the Origin of the Universe’s Rare Radio Circles
Newswise — It’s not every day astronomers say, “What is that?” After all, most observed astronomical phenomena are known: stars, planets, black holes and galaxies. But in 2019 the newly completed ASKAP (Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder) telescope picked up something no one had ever seen before: radio wave circles so large they contained entire…
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One of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way is hiding a second galaxy behind it, new research reveals
The Small Magellanic Cloud is a nearby galaxy that is very familiar to astronomers — or so they thought. New research suggests that the satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, located around 199,000 light-years from Earth, seems to have been hiding a secret: It’s actually two galaxies, one behind the other. To make the discovery,…
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Do rogue stars roam in between galaxies?
Could there be individual rogue stars out there in the cosmos, roaming the space between galaxies? Those of us who are interested in space and astronomy most likely have firm grasp on the build-up of the Universe. Moons orbit planets, planets orbit stars, and stars are accumulated in massive cosmic structures known as galaxies. Simple,…