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Astronomers watch a supermassive black hole awaken in real time
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 days agoM. Keck Observatory in Hawaii and NASA’s space-based Neil Gehrels Swift and Chandra X-ray......
Slow-Motion Supernovae Prove Einstein Right Again
Scientific American· 15 hours agoDespite more than a century of efforts to show otherwise, it seems Albert Einstein can still do no wrong. Or at least that’s the case for his special...
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Quartz· 3 days agoThe Rubin Observatory’s key goal is the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), a sweeping, near-constant observation of space. This endeavor will ...
The Calif. observatory that changed how we think about the universe
San Francisco Chronicle· 3 days agoOn Jan. 1, 1925, astronomer Edwin Hubble completely changed the way we view the universe and our...
ESA Satellites Detect Mysterious Gamma-Ray Burst in Nearby Galaxy
SciTechDaily· 5 days agoAs ESA’s satellite INTEGRAL scanned the skies, it detected a surge of gamma-rays emanating from the nearby galaxy M82. Shortly after this observation, ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray space< ...
'Dyson spheres' were theorized as a way to detect alien life. Scientists say they’ve found potential...
EastIdahoNews.com· 4 days agoIf it sounds like science fiction, that’s because it is: Dyson took the idea from Olaf Stapledon’s...
Scientists reveal new species of horned dinosaur that roamed northern U.S.
UPI· 2 days agoAn artist's impression of Lokiceratops as it would have appeared in swamps of northern Montana 78...
Mysterious Cloverleaf ‘odd radio circle’ could be a merger of a dozen galaxies
Astronomy Magazine· 1 day agoIn 2020 when astronomers using the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) discovered...
NASA Launching Artificial Star Into Space
Futurism via Yahoo News· 2 days agoSimulated Star NASA is planning to launch an unusual payload that's roughly the size of a toaster and outfitted with eight lasers into space. It's job is...
The dominant model of the universe is creaking
The Economist· 2 days agoIN ARIZONA, AT Kitt Peak National Observatory, a telescope has spent three years building a three-dimensional map of the heavens. In examining the light...