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Look Out Hubble And Webb, Here Comes Roman
PhotonicsOnline· 3 days agoThe Nancy Grace Roman Telescope is set to launch by May 2027. Nancy Grace Roman, Ph.D., passed away in Germantown, MD, on December 25, 2018, after a long illness at 93. Roman was, according ...
Astronomers Discover Long-Studied Star Is Actually Two Stars
ExtremeTech· 4 days agoAstronomers thought they had a good handle on a star called WL20, which sits some 400 light-years away in the Rho Ophiuchi molecular cloud complex. Then, NASA and the National Radio Astronomy ...
'Immortal' stars at the Milky Way's center may have found an endless energy source, study suggests
LiveScience· 1 day agoA peculiar cluster of stars swirling around the violent center of the Milky Way could become...
Webb observations hint at giant asteroid collision in a nearby planetary system
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 days agoObservations made by two telescopes of the Beta Pictoris system, located 63 light-years from Earth,...
Life after stellar death? How life could arise on planets orbiting white dwarfs
Space via Yahoo News· 4 days agoStellar death need not be the end for orbiting planets, which could see their ice melt as they move...
NASA is putting an 'artificial star' in orbit around Earth
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Life after stellar death? How life could arise on planets orbiting white dwarfs
SPACE.com· 4 days agoStars do not survive forever, the sun included. In about five billion years, Earth's star will begin...
Gateway - Quartz
Quartz· 4 days agoThe 100 meter-tall rocket on the launch pad for Artemis 1 is among the largest ever built, but it’s only the tip of the iceberg—the eye-catching evidence of much broader activity below the surface ...
Explained: What Is a Supernova?
ExtremeTech· 5 days agoEvery so often, a mysterious so-called "guest star" appears in the sky, often far outstripping its cousins in brightness. Astronomers and stargazers have known about such events since at least ...
Webb observations hint at giant asteroid collision in a nearby planetary system
AccuWeather· 5 days agoAn illustration depicts colliding asteroids around the central star in the Beta Pictoris system and...