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Astronomers witness slow death of the nearby Small Magellanic Cloud

by José Joaquin Galánmiércoles, octubre 31, 2018

Antennas of CSIRO’s Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope with the Milky Way overhead. Credit: CSIRO/Alex Cherney As...Read More

Astronomy Black Hole White Dwarf

‘Zombie’ stars return from the dead

by José Joaquin Galánmiércoles, octubre 31, 2018

Supercomputer simulations show the evolution of a dormant white dwarf star reigniting as it whizzes around an intermediate-mass black hol...Read More

Asteroid Astronomy Phaethon

Astrophysicists study asteroid 3200 Phaethon

by José Joaquin Galánmiércoles, octubre 31, 2018

These radar images of near-Earth asteroid 3200 Phaethon were generated by astronomers at the National Science Foundation’s Arecibo Observ...Read More

Astronomy Goddard Space Flight Center NASA Parker Solar Probe Sun

Parker Solar Probe Breaks Record, Becomes Closest Spacecraft to Sun

by José Joaquin Galánmartes, octubre 30, 2018

Parker Solar Probe. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL Parker Solar Probe now holds the record for closest approach to the Sun by a human-made o...Read More

Astronomy Exoplanets Gaia JPL Kepler mission

New Telescopes Are Beginning to Zero in On Habitable Planets

by José Joaquin Galánmartes, octubre 30, 2018

Artist’s concept of how rocky, potentially habitable worlds elsewhere in our galaxy might appear. Data gathered by telescopes in space an...Read More

Astronomy Chandra X-ray Observatory ESA Galaxy Cluster Perseus

An ancient Cold Front in Perseus

by José Joaquin Galánlunes, octubre 29, 2018

A gigantic cold front in the Perseus galaxy cluster has been observed by a trio of X-ray telescopes. The ancient cold front can ...Read More

Astronomy Cassiopeia Hubble Nebula Nebula IC 63

The ghost Nebula in Cassiopeia

by José Joaquin Galánlunes, octubre 29, 2018

About 550 light-years away in the constellation of Cassiopeia lies IC 63, a stunning and slightly eerie nebula. Also known as the ghos...Read More

Astronomy JPL Juno Jupiter NASA Planetary Science

A swirling, oval white cloud in Jupiter

by José Joaquin Galánlunes, octubre 29, 2018

Jovian White Oval. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill A swirling, oval white cloud in Jupiter's South Sou...Read More

Astronomy Borexino Neutrinos Sun

A first 'snapshot' of the complete spectrum of neutrinos emitted by the sun

by José Joaquin Galánlunes, octubre 29, 2018

The Borexino instrument located deep beneath Italy's Appenine Mountains detects neutrinos as they interact with the electrons of an u...Read More

Astronomy Pluto Space Exploration

SwRI Team makes breakthroughs studying Pluto orbiter mission

by José Joaquin Galándomingo, octubre 28, 2018

NASA's New Horizons mission made the first exploration of Pluto-Charon and its system of small moons in 2015. The scientific discover...Read More

Astronomy ESO Nebula Nebula NGC 2467 Southern Skies

Nebula NGC 2467 The Pirate of the Southern Skies

by José Joaquin Galándomingo, octubre 28, 2018

FORS2, an instrument mounted on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, has observed the active star-forming region NGC 2467 — sometimes referr...Read More

Astronomy Exoplanet

Some planetary systems just aren’t into heavy metal

by José Joaquin Galánsábado, octubre 27, 2018

An Illustration of a compact, multi-planet system. Researchers have found that such systems are more likely to form around stars with low...Read More

Astrobiology Astronomy Mars

Electricity in Martian dust storms helps to form perchlorates

by José Joaquin Galánviernes, octubre 26, 2018

A Martian dust devil winding its way along the Amazonis Planitia region of northern Mars in March 2012. (Photo: NASA's Mars Reconnais...Read More

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Astronomers witness slow death of the nearby Small Magellanic Cloud

‘Zombie’ stars return from the dead

Astrophysicists study asteroid 3200 Phaethon

Parker Solar Probe Breaks Record, Becomes Closest Spacecraft to Sun

New Telescopes Are Beginning to Zero in On Habitable Planets

An ancient Cold Front in Perseus

The ghost Nebula in Cassiopeia

A swirling, oval white cloud in Jupiter

A first 'snapshot' of the complete spectrum of neutrinos emitted by the sun

SwRI Team makes breakthroughs studying Pluto orbiter mission

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Some planetary systems just aren’t into heavy metal

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