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Astrophysics
Scientific news within the field of astrophysics, from news of solar eclipses to star behavior.
New Stars Springing Into Life In Canes Venatici
The lesser-known constellation of Canes Venatici (The Hunting Dogs), is home to a variety of deep-sky…
Karma karma karma chameleon supernova
Astronomer Carl Sagan famously said, "We're made of star stuff." Nuclear reactions that happened in ancient stars…
Studying the meteorites in historic giant space collision
There was a giant collision in outer space, four hundred and sixty-six million years ago. Something hit an asteroid…
Search for life on Wolf 1061 exoplanet
The question of whether Earthlings are alone in the universe has puzzled everyone from biologists and physicists to…
Researchers come up with a strategy to generate ‘squeezed light’
An important step towards a completely new experimental access to quantum physics has been made at University of…
NASA study human behavior in isolated dome on Hawaii volcano
To study human behavior for long-term space exploration, including a planned voyage to Mars, a group of NASA-funded…
The case of the murdered galaxies: The astrophysical ‘whodunnit’
Research published by a global team of researchers, based at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research…
Giant halos created by photon attempts to escape galaxies
Giant halos around early Milky Way type galaxies, made of photons (elementary particles of light) that have…
The moon is older than scientists suspected
Thanks to rocks and soil collected by the Apollo 14 moonwalkers in 1971, it turns out the moon is older than many…
Deep space delicate smudge is more than it seems
This delicate smudge in deep space is far more turbulent than it first appears.
Known as IRAS 14348-1447 — a…