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A subtle symphony of ripples in spacetime – astronomers use dead stars to measure gravitational...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 11 months agoBlack holes and other massive objects create ripples in spacetime when they merge. Victor de...
Astronomers produce most sensitive radio image of a globular cluster ever taken
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA team of astronomers identified a new radio source (white square) in the center of globular cluster...
What did ancient humans know about astronomy?
Space via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe sun shines through a blue cloudy sky over stonehenge surrounded by rolling grassy fields. Imagine going back thousands of years and showing off the...
Record-breaking radio burst could help us find the universe's missing matter
Space via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAn illustration shows a Fast Radio Burst escaping three colliding galaxies and traveling to the...
How much water lurks beneath an exoplanet's surface? New tool could help astronomers tell
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA new method could allow astronomers to assess exoplanets' likely subsurface water stores, aiding...
Best Solar Eclipse Lessons and Activities
Tech & Learning via Yahoo News· 2 months agoTotal Solar Eclipse lessons and activites. Since ancient times, astronomers have observed solar eclipses, with the earliest known documented example...
James Webb Space Telescope reveals stellar 'clumps' from the most distant universe
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe iconic James Webb Space Telescope image of the galactic cluster known as SMACS 0723. Through the...
Why does a leap year have 366 days?
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 months agoLeap Day is coming. Marvin Samuel Tolentino Pineda/iStock, via Getty images Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question...
World's largest visible light telescope spies a galaxy cluster warping spacetime
Space via Yahoo News· 1 week agoThe blackness of space is sprinkled with shining swirling points of light of different sizes and...
Scientists Intercept Signal That Took 8 Billion Years to Reach Earth
Futurism via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAstronomers have intercepted a mysterious and ancient radio signal that's traveled from the farthest...