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At the dawn of the 19th century, the celestial police were on patrol. They…
It’s the first Moon of the new year, and we’re just a couple of days away from the Full Moon. It’s nice and bright tonight, so if you have a clear sky, enjoy the show.
Category: 7. Science
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The Galaxy Next Door – NASA Science
From the International Space Station, astronauts gaze upon a vast sea of stars, the view almost entirely unencumbered by Earth’s atmosphere. Their perspective on outer space, as it turns out, extends beyond the Milky Way.
Located about…
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Project reveals insights about catalysts for microwave-assisted methane dehydroaromatization – Chemical Engineering
| By Scott JenkinsSeveral situations, including when takeaway capacity is limited at remote oil-well sites, result in methane flaring. To avoid wasting that resource, several strategies have been…
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Gaia Spots Worlds Being Born
Planets form inside swirling discs of gas and dust surrounding newborn stars, hidden that make them extraordinarily difficult to detect. Astronomers know these protoplanetary discs contain the raw ingredients for planetary systems…
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Astronomers ring in the new year with a stunning galaxy collision
Ring in the New Year with the “Champagne Cluster,” a distant galaxy cluster featured in a new image that combines data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical telescopes.
Astronomers first identified this galaxy cluster on Dec. 31,…
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Astronomers ring in the new year with a stunning galaxy collision
Ring in the New Year with the “Champagne Cluster,” a distant galaxy cluster featured in a new image that combines data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical telescopes.
Astronomers first identified this galaxy cluster on Dec. 31,…
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Earthlife is made of space stuff, studies of asteroid Bennu hint
In October 2020, when the world was beginning to come out of a global lockdown, a spacecraft more than 3 lakh km away performed a pogo-stick jump on a small asteroid called Bennu and collected samples of its surface.
The craft, part of NASA’s…
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what’s happening in physics in 2026? – Physics World
Happy new year: what’s happening in physics in 2026? – Physics World