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A Giant Interstellar Cloud May Have Once Enveloped Earth, Potentially Causing Ice Ages
Smithsonian Magazine· 5 days agoNow, research published this week in the journal Nature Astronomy offers another hypothesis of...
Supermassive black hole roars to life as astronomers watch in real time
Ars Technica· 23 hours agoIn December 2019, astronomers were surprised to observe a long-quiet galaxy, 300 million light-years...
Scientists may have found an answer to the mystery of dark matter. It involves an unexpected...
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 days agoScientists studying the earliest black holes may have found an answer to dark matter, putting...
Iconic Crab Nebula shines in gorgeous James Webb Space Telescope views (video, image)
SPACE.com· 1 day agoIn July 1054, astronomers in China documented a "guest star" in the sky that shone as brightly as...
Solstices brought Mayan communities together, using monuments shaped by science and religion – and...
San Francisco Chronicle· 2 hours agoEds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. For 11 generations, the Mayan ruler’s dynasty had ruled Copan, a city-state near today’s border between Honduras and Guatemala ...
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Quartz· 2 days agoNASA launched the Hubble Space Telescope in 1990, and in the decades since scientists have benefitted from its unprecedented views far beyond our galaxy. NASA will need to ...
“Flares” and “Echoes” – Unveiling the Monster Black Hole at Our Galaxy’s Core
SciTechDaily· 4 days agoMichigan State University researchers have made important discoveries about the supermassive black...
Space Winds Unleashed: First Map of Outflows From Nearby Quasar I Zwicky 1
SciTechDaily· 3 days agoI Zwicky 1. Quasars are bright cores of galaxies powered by the supermassive black hole in their...
Researchers may have found possible alien megastructure: Study
WFLA Tampa Bay· 24 hours agoIn searching for signs of intelligent life in outer space, a new study suggests we may not be alone.
Real-Time Revelation: Witnessing a Massive Black Hole’s Dramatic Awakening
SciTechDaily· 1 day agoAstronomers believe the 2019 brightening of galaxy SDSS1335+0728 may be the first real-time...