Science & Astronomy

Look up before comet Nishimura vanishes in the sun’s glare

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Look up before comet Nishimura vanishes in the sun’s glare

Mashable September 8, 2023

Stargazers in the northern half of the world may be able to view a brightening comet with...

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This black hole is devouring a dying star — but it only feasts once a month

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This black hole is devouring a dying star — but it only feasts once a month

Space.com September 8, 2023

It appears the cosmos is equipped with light switches of its own. Some 500 million light-years away,...

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See the Great Square of Pegasus trot through the night sky this month

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See the Great Square of Pegasus trot through the night sky this month

Space.com September 8, 2023

One of the most well-known groupings of stars is beginning to rise higher in the night sky...

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Newly discovered asteroid zooms within 2,500 miles of Earth

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Newly discovered asteroid zooms within 2,500 miles of Earth

Space.com September 8, 2023

A newly discovered space rock about 6.5 feet wide (2 meters) zipped past Earth today at a...

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Powerful Hurricane Jova spotted from space (video)

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Powerful Hurricane Jova spotted from space (video)

Space.com September 8, 2023

The Northern Hemisphere’s most powerful hurricane of 2023 so far has emerged above the warm waters of...

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Newfound Comet Nishimura got its tail blown off by a solar storm. It grew back and still looks gorgeous (photos)

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Newfound Comet Nishimura got its tail blown off by a solar storm. It grew back and still looks gorgeous (photos)

Space.com September 8, 2023

Astrophotographers worldwide have been snapping incredible photos of Comet Nishimura as it makes its way through the...

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Bursting air bubbles may play a key role in how glacier ice melts, research suggests

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Bursting air bubbles may play a key role in how glacier ice melts, research suggests

Phys.org September 7, 2023

Glacier ice in LeConte Bay near Petersberg, Alaska. Credit: Oregon State University Oregon State University research has...

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Earliest magnetic galaxy ever detected offers clues about Milky Way history

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Earliest magnetic galaxy ever detected offers clues about Milky Way history

Space.com September 7, 2023

A magnetic field 16,000 light years across has been detected in an ancient galaxy from which light...

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Caroline Herschel was England’s first female professional astronomer, but still lacks name recognition two centuries later

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Caroline Herschel was England’s first female professional astronomer, but still lacks name recognition two centuries later

Space.com September 7, 2023

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights....

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Could an ‘Earth-like’ planet be hiding in our solar system’s outer reaches?

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Could an ‘Earth-like’ planet be hiding in our solar system’s outer reaches?

Space.com September 7, 2023

Among the many mysteries that make the furthest reaches of our solar system, well, mysterious, is the...

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