Universe Today
Some of the Milky Way's oldest stars aren't where they're expected to be
Some of the oldest stars in our galaxy have orbits similar to the Sun, and we don't know why
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Earth's toughest bacteria can survive unprotected in space for at least a year
An Iceberg the Size of South Georgia Island is on a Collision Course with... South Georgia Island
Past Supernovae Could be Written Into Tree Rings
A new study by CU Boulder geoscientist Robert Brakenridge shows how nearby supernovae could have disrupted Earth's climate in the past
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Astronomers think they've seen a magnetar form for the first time; the collision of two neutron stars
Astronomers have seen how two neutron stars created the brightest kilonova ever observed.
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The family tree of the Milky Way. The mergers that gave us the galaxy we see today
Fast radio bursts within the Milky Way seem to be coming from magnetars
A Record Close Shave: Asteroid 2020 VT4 Just Skimmed by Earth
Wow. A low-flying space rock set a record last Friday (appropriately, the 13th), when 2020 VT4 passed just under 400 kilometers (250 miles) over the Southern Pacific.
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Merging Black Holes and Neutron Stars. All the Gravitational Wave Events Seen So Far in One Picture
New Horizons Saw the Universe With Even Less Light Pollution than Hubble's View
A new study based on New Horizons data has conducted the most accurate measurements of the Universe's background light to date.
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There are Planets So Close to Their Stars That They Have Magma Oceans 100km Deep and Winds that Go 8000 km/h
SpaceX's Resilience Spacecraft has Lifted Off and is Headed for the ISS!
NASA and SpaceX have once again made history with the flight of the Crew-1 (Resilience) to the ISS, the first operational crew mission since the Space Shuttle was retired!
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What Role do Radioactive Elements Play in a Planet's Habitability?
According to new study by a team from UC Santa Cruz, the right amount of radioactive elements could also be crucial to habitability.
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The Average Temperature of the Universe has Been Getting Hotter and Hotter
A recent study by an international team of scientists shows that the Universe is getting hotter (not cooler) with time!
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Venus Held Onto its Water Surprisingly Well During its History
A new study by a Swedish astrophysicist shows that Venus is not likely to have lost its water to space, which raises new questions about how the planet became the hellhole it is today.
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Do neutron star collisions produce black holes?
A new study looks at how neutron stars can merge to create a black hole.
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Europa's Nightside Glows in the Dark
A team of NASA scientists has conducted a study that shows what the surface of Europa will look like, which revealed a "glow-in-the-dark" moon!
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Weekly Space Hangout: November 11, 2020 – Amy Ross, NASA Engineer and Space Suit Designer
From a Tempest to a Trickle: Prospects for the 2020 Leonid Meteor Shower
Following the Leonid meteors in 2020.
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