A team of astronomers has conducted ALMA’s first large-scale, high-resolution survey of protoplanetary disks, the belts of dust and gas around young stars. …read more Source:: Science
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Newly discovered supernova complicates origin story theories
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•A supernova discovered by an international group of astronomers provides an unprecedented look at the first moments of a violent stellar explosion. The light from the explosion’s first hours showed …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers find pairs of black holes at the centers of merging galaxies
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•For the first time, a team of astronomers has observed several pairs of galaxies in the final stages of merging together into single, larger galaxies. Peering through thick walls of …read more Source:: Science
Evidence of outburst flooding indicates plentiful water on early Mars
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•The presence of water on Mars has been theorized for centuries. Early telescopes revealed ice caps, and early astronomers noted channels that were hypothesized to be natural rivers or creature-created …read more Source:: Science
Laser tech could be fashioned into Earth’s ‘porch light’ to attract alien astronomers
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•If extraterrestrial intelligence exists somewhere in our galaxy, a new study proposes that laser technology on Earth could, in principle, be fashioned into something of a planetary porch light — …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers discover sonic boom from powerful unseen explosion
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•A team of astronomers has detected the sonic boom from an immensely powerful cosmic explosion, even though the explosion itself was totally unseen. The titanic eruption, known as a Gamma …read more Source:: Science
Early opaque universe linked to galaxy scarcity
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•A team of astronomers has made a surprising discovery: 12.5 billion years ago, the most opaque place in the universe contained relatively little matter. …read more Source:: Science
Natural telescope sets new magnification record
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•An international team of astronomers has discovered one of the most extreme instances of magnification by gravitational lensing. Using the Hubble Space Telescope to survey a sample of huge clusters …read more Source:: Science
Newborns or survivors? The unexpected matter found in hostile black hole winds
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•The existence of large numbers of molecules in winds powered by supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies has puzzled astronomers since they were discovered more than a decade …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers produce first detailed images of surface of giant star
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•An international team of astronomers has produced the first detailed images of the surface of a giant star outside our solar system, revealing a nearly circular, dust-free atmosphere with complex …read more Source:: Science