Tag: astronomy
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Eclipse chasers: Why NASA jets will pursue solar totality
[ad_1] Solar scientists have been preparing for years for a 4-minute window, during the total solar eclipse on 8 April, in which they will study the sun’s corona. Expectations are sky high for this total solar eclipse because totality – when the sun is entirely covered – will last up to 4 minutes and 27…
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I might be an astrophysicist, but I’m still learning about stargazing
[ad_1] ON 8 APRIL, a total solar eclipse will be visible from various parts of North America. The path in which this will occur runs from Mexico, diagonally across the US and into the Atlantic region of Canada. Eclipses like this, where the moon moves directly between the sun and Earth and blocks out light,…
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Planet caught in a gravitational ‘tidal storm’ is so hot that it glows
[ad_1] One rocky planet might be so hot it glows ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser A distant world is being stretched by the powerful gravity of its neighbouring planets and star to extremes never seen before in a rocky planet. The stretching is so intense that this strange world’s surface is probably entirely molten and so hot…
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The ambitious plans to study the sun during April’s solar eclipse
[ad_1] NASA’s WB-57 research jets will be used to study the eclipse Amir Caspi Across North America, solar scientists will be studying April’s total solar eclipse to view the strangest part of the sun: the corona. Seen fleetingly as a bright halo that appears only during totality, it is a million times dimmer than the rest…
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Is the truth out there? Yes, but it doesn’t involve aliens
[ad_1] A recent paper packed with delightful acronyms digs into where people report having seen UFOs, but finds no evidence of alien visitors, says Annalee Newitz [ad_2] Source link
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How to spot the Spring Triangle as the equinox approaches
[ad_1] Alan Dyer/Stocktrek Images/Alamy THE 20th of March marks the vernal, or spring, equinox in the northern hemisphere, and the autumn equinox in the southern hemisphere. On this day, most places in the world will get around 12 hours of daylight. The days are getting shorter in the southern hemisphere, while many of us in…
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Sleeping black hole is way more massive than it should be
[ad_1] Black holes can go “dormant” if they aren’t actively feeding Jurik Peter/Shutterstock A black hole in the early universe has almost half the mass of its host galaxy despite no longer sucking in matter, raising questions about how black holes grow. While Ignas Juodžbalis at the University of Cambridge and his colleagues were looking…
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From France to the moon: rocket simulator opens in Toulouse
[ad_1] The Cité de l’Espace centre is offering visitors the experience of space travel in a rocket and moon lander simulator. ADVERTISEMENT In Toulouse, France, the Cité de l’Espace is launching a new immersive experience: Lune Xplorer, where you can take a seat in a rocket simulator. You can climb aboard a spaceship similar to…
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Huge set of galaxies is set to form largest cluster in known universe
[ad_1] Artist’s impression of the quasar that astronomers used to search for early galaxies ESO/M. Kornmesser One of the largest quasars in the early universe has helped to reveal a vast “protocluster” of nascent galaxies that is expected to grow more massive than any galaxy cluster we know of. Protoclusters are the primordial beginnings of…
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Famous supernova left a blazing hot neutron star at its centre
[ad_1] Researchers have tracked the development of supernova 1987A since the stellar explosion began NASA/STScI/CfA/P.Challis Scientists have finally figured out what is at the centre of a nearby supernova. Supernova 1987A is the first stellar explosion that we have been able to track in detail since it began, and now we know that it left…