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Scientists Found Sugar In Deep Space. Here's Why It Matters
The discovery was made using two powerful radio telescopes, the 40-meter Yebes telescope and the 30-meter IRAM telescope.
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Scientists Find Strange Chemical Signature On Pluto And Titan That No One Can Identify
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected an unexplained chemical signature on both Pluto and Saturn's moon Titan.
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What Makes A Star A Star?
Stars start out as huge blobs of gas in space - but how big and heavy does a blob of gas have to be before it becomes a star? It sounds like a simple question, but astronomers have debated the answer for decades.
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JWST Reveals Salt Clouds in the Atmosphere of the ‘Pink Planet’ GJ 504b
Using just two hours of observations, JWST decoded the atmosphere of GJ 504b, a cool pink world 57 light-years away. Scientists detected water vapor, methane, ammonia, and carbon dioxide, while deep salt clouds helped explain the object's unusual appearance and temperature.
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IceCube Traces High-Energy Neutrino to Distant Starburst Galaxy
Scientists have identified the source of a high-energy neutrino detected by IceCube in 2021. The particle originated from a distant starburst galaxy known as Shadow Blaster, suggesting that intensely star-forming galaxies can act as powerful cosmic accelerators without relying on active black holes.
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JWST Watches HD 80606 bExoplanet Heat Up by 1,100 Degrees in Hours
The James Webb Space Telescope observed HD 80606 b undergo a dramatic temperature surge during its closest approach to its star. The data revealed extreme heating and detected methane and carbon dioxide, offering a rare look at how giant exoplanet atmospheres respond to intense stellar energy.
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Chandra Captures Sharpest-Ever X-Ray View of M87 Black Hole Jet
Using 13 years of observations, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory produced its sharpest-ever view of the jet from M87's supermassive black hole. The data reveal new structures, cooling particles, and magnetic fields that help scientists understand how black holes shape galaxies.
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Scientists Discover Giant Planet Formation Around Supermassive Black Holes
New research suggests that supermassive black holes may host the formation of giant planets within their surrounding dusty disks.
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Scientists May Have Solved the Missing Sulfur Mystery in Star-Forming Clouds
A new simulation suggests sulfur in star-forming clouds may be locked inside icy dust grains through previously overlooked chemical reactions. The findings offer fresh clues to a decades-old cosmic mystery and could improve our understanding of life's essential ingredients in space.
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Astronomers Discover Why Massive Galaxies Died Early in the Universe
Astronomers have discovered a powerful galactic wind in the merging galaxy system CRISTAL-02. The outflow is removing star-forming gas faster than it can be replenished, providing the first direct evidence for a mechanism that may have shut down star formation in massive early galaxies.
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Starlink Constellation Crosses 10,600 Satellites After Latest SpaceX Launch
A Falcon 9 rocket launched 24 Starlink satellites from California, expanding the constellation beyond 10,600 spacecraft. The mission also brought booster B1071 within one flight of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 reusability record.
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Astronomers Detect Star-Forming Fuel in a Galaxy 13 Billion Light-Years Away
Using ALMA and the Very Large Array, astronomers directly detected a massive reservoir of molecular gas in REBELS-25, a galaxy from just 700 million years after the Big Bang. The finding provides the clearest evidence yet that some early galaxies were already loaded with the fuel needed for rapid star formation.
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Astronomers Discover Two Galaxies That Appear to Lack Dark Matter
Researchers studying FCC 224 and FCC 240 in the Fornax Cluster found evidence that both galaxies contain surprisingly little dark matter. The discovery supports the idea that galaxy collisions can strip away dark matter and raises new questions about how galaxies evolve.
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Rare Meteorite Found In Sahara Proves A Mars-Sized Lost Planet Once Orbited Our Sun
Scientists studying a rare, ancient angrite meteorite found in the Sahara Desert have uncovered evidence of a lost protoplanet from the early Solar System.
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James Webb Space Telescope Weighs Most Distant Dormant Black Hole Ever Detected
Using JWST and a natural gravitational lens, astronomers measured a six-billion-solar-mass dormant black hole more than 10 billion light-years away. The discovery offers a rare glimpse into how galaxies and black holes evolved when the universe was just three billion years old.
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Scientists Found Sugar In Deep Space. Here's Why It Matters
The discovery was made using two powerful radio telescopes, the 40-meter Yebes telescope and the 30-meter IRAM telescope.
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Scientists Find Strange Chemical Signature On Pluto And Titan That No One Can Identify
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected an unexplained chemical signature on both Pluto and Saturn's moon Titan.
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What Makes A Star A Star?
Stars start out as huge blobs of gas in space - but how big and heavy does a blob of gas have to be before it becomes a star? It sounds like a simple question, but astronomers have debated the answer for decades.
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JWST Reveals Salt Clouds in the Atmosphere of the ‘Pink Planet’ GJ 504b
Using just two hours of observations, JWST decoded the atmosphere of GJ 504b, a cool pink world 57 light-years away. Scientists detected water vapor, methane, ammonia, and carbon dioxide, while deep salt clouds helped explain the object's unusual appearance and temperature.
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IceCube Traces High-Energy Neutrino to Distant Starburst Galaxy
Scientists have identified the source of a high-energy neutrino detected by IceCube in 2021. The particle originated from a distant starburst galaxy known as Shadow Blaster, suggesting that intensely star-forming galaxies can act as powerful cosmic accelerators without relying on active black holes.
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JWST Watches HD 80606 bExoplanet Heat Up by 1,100 Degrees in Hours
The James Webb Space Telescope observed HD 80606 b undergo a dramatic temperature surge during its closest approach to its star. The data revealed extreme heating and detected methane and carbon dioxide, offering a rare look at how giant exoplanet atmospheres respond to intense stellar energy.
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Chandra Captures Sharpest-Ever X-Ray View of M87 Black Hole Jet
Using 13 years of observations, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory produced its sharpest-ever view of the jet from M87's supermassive black hole. The data reveal new structures, cooling particles, and magnetic fields that help scientists understand how black holes shape galaxies.
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Scientists Discover Giant Planet Formation Around Supermassive Black Holes
New research suggests that supermassive black holes may host the formation of giant planets within their surrounding dusty disks.
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Scientists May Have Solved the Missing Sulfur Mystery in Star-Forming Clouds
A new simulation suggests sulfur in star-forming clouds may be locked inside icy dust grains through previously overlooked chemical reactions. The findings offer fresh clues to a decades-old cosmic mystery and could improve our understanding of life's essential ingredients in space.
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Astronomers Discover Why Massive Galaxies Died Early in the Universe
Astronomers have discovered a powerful galactic wind in the merging galaxy system CRISTAL-02. The outflow is removing star-forming gas faster than it can be replenished, providing the first direct evidence for a mechanism that may have shut down star formation in massive early galaxies.
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Starlink Constellation Crosses 10,600 Satellites After Latest SpaceX Launch
A Falcon 9 rocket launched 24 Starlink satellites from California, expanding the constellation beyond 10,600 spacecraft. The mission also brought booster B1071 within one flight of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 reusability record.
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Astronomers Detect Star-Forming Fuel in a Galaxy 13 Billion Light-Years Away
Using ALMA and the Very Large Array, astronomers directly detected a massive reservoir of molecular gas in REBELS-25, a galaxy from just 700 million years after the Big Bang. The finding provides the clearest evidence yet that some early galaxies were already loaded with the fuel needed for rapid star formation.
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Astronomers Discover Two Galaxies That Appear to Lack Dark Matter
Researchers studying FCC 224 and FCC 240 in the Fornax Cluster found evidence that both galaxies contain surprisingly little dark matter. The discovery supports the idea that galaxy collisions can strip away dark matter and raises new questions about how galaxies evolve.
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Rare Meteorite Found In Sahara Proves A Mars-Sized Lost Planet Once Orbited Our Sun
Scientists studying a rare, ancient angrite meteorite found in the Sahara Desert have uncovered evidence of a lost protoplanet from the early Solar System.
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James Webb Space Telescope Weighs Most Distant Dormant Black Hole Ever Detected
Using JWST and a natural gravitational lens, astronomers measured a six-billion-solar-mass dormant black hole more than 10 billion light-years away. The discovery offers a rare glimpse into how galaxies and black holes evolved when the universe was just three billion years old.
