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Astronomers Capture First Detailed View of Hot Gas Swirling Around Black Holes
Japan’s XRISM X-ray observatory has delivered the first detailed maps of hot gas swirling around supermassive black holes in the Virgo and Perseus galaxy clusters. The data reveal intense turbulence, like cosmic storms driven by black hole jets. This churning heats the gas, stopping it from cooling and collapsing into new stars, explaining why cl...
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Massive Fireball Streaks Across Southern Japan, Lighting Up the Night Sky
On Aug. 19, residents of southern Japan witnessed a brilliant fireball streaking across the night sky, lighting up cities from Kagoshima to Osaka. The meteor appeared at 11:08 p.m. local time, glowing green-blue with flashes so bright they rivaled the moon before bursting into orange-red fragments above the Pacific Ocean. Security and dashcam camer...
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Japan's Wooden Satellite LignoSat Launched: Everything You Need to Know
Japan has launched LignoSat, the world’s first wooden satellite, into orbit, marking a step toward sustainable space technology. Developed by JAXA, the satellite is crafted from honoki magnolia wood, chosen for its durability and resistance to environmental stress. Sensors onboard will monitor temperature, radiation, and physical strain to assess...
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Spectacular Saturn Lunar Eclipse To Grace Indian Skies
Visible in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, and Japan, this celestial occurrence can be observed with the naked eye, offering a unique opportunity to witness a remarkable alignment in our solar system.
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Watch: "Mysterious Flying Spiral" Spotted In Night Sky Over Hawaii. Here's What It Is
A Japanese telescope camera has captured a bizarre blue "flying spiral" in Hawaii. The video showed the "mysterious" whirlpool of light in the shape of a spiral galaxy briefly appearing in the night sky above Maunakea on January 18.
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Rare X-Ray Emitting Cosmic Object Found in Milky Way Galaxy
In the latest and fascinating find, astronomers have detected a rare kind of cosmic object in the Milky Way galaxy. The object named MAXI J1816-195 is found to be emanating X-ray light that was first detected on June 7. The discovery was brought to light by astrophysicist Hitoshi Negoro of Nihon University, Japan, and his team.
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Japan Space Scientists Hunting for New Asteroid Name
The name has to be no more than 16 alphabetic letters long, and must not be commercial.
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Monstrous Galaxy Spotted Near The Edge of the Universe
Astronomers have imaged in unprecedented detail a distant galaxy near the edge of the universe and found that it is forming stars hundreds to thousands of times faster than the Milky Way.
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Universe's Earliest Stars Were Monstrous: Study
Little is known about the universe's earliest stars but if we believe astronomers, they might have been hundreds of times more massive than the sun.
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Astronomers spot first possible 'exomoon'
The astronomers used a technique called gravitational microlensing, in which one star passes in front of another as seen from Earth.
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Astronomers Capture First Detailed View of Hot Gas Swirling Around Black Holes
Japan’s XRISM X-ray observatory has delivered the first detailed maps of hot gas swirling around supermassive black holes in the Virgo and Perseus galaxy clusters. The data reveal intense turbulence, like cosmic storms driven by black hole jets. This churning heats the gas, stopping it from cooling and collapsing into new stars, explaining why cl...
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Massive Fireball Streaks Across Southern Japan, Lighting Up the Night Sky
On Aug. 19, residents of southern Japan witnessed a brilliant fireball streaking across the night sky, lighting up cities from Kagoshima to Osaka. The meteor appeared at 11:08 p.m. local time, glowing green-blue with flashes so bright they rivaled the moon before bursting into orange-red fragments above the Pacific Ocean. Security and dashcam camer...
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Japan's Wooden Satellite LignoSat Launched: Everything You Need to Know
Japan has launched LignoSat, the world’s first wooden satellite, into orbit, marking a step toward sustainable space technology. Developed by JAXA, the satellite is crafted from honoki magnolia wood, chosen for its durability and resistance to environmental stress. Sensors onboard will monitor temperature, radiation, and physical strain to assess...
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Spectacular Saturn Lunar Eclipse To Grace Indian Skies
Visible in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, and Japan, this celestial occurrence can be observed with the naked eye, offering a unique opportunity to witness a remarkable alignment in our solar system.
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Watch: "Mysterious Flying Spiral" Spotted In Night Sky Over Hawaii. Here's What It Is
A Japanese telescope camera has captured a bizarre blue "flying spiral" in Hawaii. The video showed the "mysterious" whirlpool of light in the shape of a spiral galaxy briefly appearing in the night sky above Maunakea on January 18.
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Rare X-Ray Emitting Cosmic Object Found in Milky Way Galaxy
In the latest and fascinating find, astronomers have detected a rare kind of cosmic object in the Milky Way galaxy. The object named MAXI J1816-195 is found to be emanating X-ray light that was first detected on June 7. The discovery was brought to light by astrophysicist Hitoshi Negoro of Nihon University, Japan, and his team.
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Japan Space Scientists Hunting for New Asteroid Name
The name has to be no more than 16 alphabetic letters long, and must not be commercial.
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Monstrous Galaxy Spotted Near The Edge of the Universe
Astronomers have imaged in unprecedented detail a distant galaxy near the edge of the universe and found that it is forming stars hundreds to thousands of times faster than the Milky Way.
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Universe's Earliest Stars Were Monstrous: Study
Little is known about the universe's earliest stars but if we believe astronomers, they might have been hundreds of times more massive than the sun.
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Astronomers spot first possible 'exomoon'
The astronomers used a technique called gravitational microlensing, in which one star passes in front of another as seen from Earth.
