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Mass. pols call on NASA to back off on funding cuts to Chandra X-Ray Observatory
The Republican· 2 days agoA coalition of Bay State lawmakers on Capitol Hill has called on NASA to back off on its plan to cut...
Hubble Telescope maps high-speed 'burps' from nearby feeding supermassive black hole for 1st time
Space via Yahoo News· 2 days agoHubble has mapped the outflow "burps" of a nearby feeding supermassive black hole-powered quasar for...
Ancient “Monster” Black Holes Revealed: MIT Astronomers Capture Elusive Starlight From Early Quasars
SciTechDaily· 21 hours agoAncient starlight from the earliest quasars has been captured by MIT astronomers, revealing that...
Chris Colfer Hopes New Sci-Fi Book Teaches Kids 'How Pointless and Primitive Prejudice Is'
People via Yahoo News· 7 days agoAn author’s note at the beginning of the book reads: "While some elements in this book are...
A New View of the Cosmos: VST’s Images Offer a Glimpse Into Distant Galactic Interactions
SciTechDaily· 4 days agoNew images from the VLT Survey Telescope depict distant galaxies, including the lenticular ESO...
20 times 'The Simpsons' predicted the future
Entertainment Weekly· 2 days agoWhat happened on The Simpsons: In the 1992 episode "Homer at the Bat," then-Yankees first baseman Don Mattingly (voiced by himself) — who was recruited...
What Happens if a Nuke Goes Off in Space?
Scientific American· 2 days agoThe blast generated a power surge over the Pacific Ocean that knocked out about 300 streetlights on the island of Oahu—and destroyed or damaged about a...
James Webb telescope reveals 'cataclysmic' asteroid collision in nearby star system
LiveScience· 3 days agoThe James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found evidence of two giant asteroids slamming into each...
UC Berkeley neuroscientist and nanoscientist among this year's Kavli Prize winners - Berkeley News
UC Berkeley NewsCenter· 3 days agoThe prestigious awards, given out since 2008 in the areas of astrophysics, nanoscience and...
Youthful galaxy in the early universe was a heavy metal rebel
Space via Yahoo News· 5 days agoFurthermore, the presence of carbon and oxygen in the early universe means that astronomers and...
