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Event Horizon Telescope captures magnetic turbulence flickering at the edge of black hole M87*

For a few brief nights each year, you get a rare chance to watch a monster blink. The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration has released new, detailed views of M87*, the supermassive black hole at ...

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Astronomers observe a massive star vanish and turn into a black hole

In the nearby Andromeda Galaxy, a massive star bright enough to stand out for years has gone dark. Not in a blaze of glory.

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Study outlines how JWST and Ariel could team up on exoplanet atmospheres

Astronomers want to collect as much data as possible using as many systems as possible. Sometimes that requires coordination ...

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The Object at the Core of the Milky Way Might Not Be a Black Hole at All, Scientists Say

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NASA races clock to rescue Swift Observatory before it crashes to Earth

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a 21-year-old space telescope that has tracked gamma-ray bursts and cosmic explosions since 2004, is losing altitude fast enough that the agency has suspended ...

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The Nothing That Has the Potential to Be Anything

The total energy of the ball consists of its potential energy (related to position) plus its kinetic energy (related to motion). To zero out both components, you would have to give a precise value to ...

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Astronomers baffled by discovery of a bizarre 'inside out' solar system

A team of astronomers has identified a four-planet system orbiting the red dwarf star LHS 1903 that defies conventional expectations about how planets arrange themselves around their host stars. The ...

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Scientists finally solve the mystery of how the most common planets form

Astronomers have finally figured out how the most common types of planets in our galaxy are formed—by watching a set of baby planets grow up in real time. These worlds, found in a young star system ...

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