Astronomy, space and physics

Most recent stories in Astronomy, space and physics

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  Mark Draper

  

  Nov 17

  This solar eruption was so powerful it warped the sun's magnetic field (video)

  space.com - Samantha Mathewson

  'The CME was so large that it warped the sun's magnetic field, disrupting the delicate balance of forces all around our star and causing the large …

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  Mark Draper

  

  Nov 24

  New constraints on the presence of ultralight dark matter in the Milky Way

  phys.org - Ingrid Fadelli

  Dark matter, composed of particles that do not reflect, emit or absorb light, is predicted to make up most of the matter in the universe. Its lack of …

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  Mark Draper

  

  4 days ago

  One cluster or two?

  esahubble.org

  This Hubble Picture of the Week features a massive cluster of brightly glowing galaxies, first identified as Abell 3192. Like all galaxy clusters, …

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  Mark Draper

  

  Astronomers pierce cosmic dust of 'Jewel Bug Nebula' to study anatomy of a dying star

  space.com - Keith Cooper

  A brand new spectrograph on the Gemini North telescope has seen first light, detecting elements in a dying star known as the Jewel Bug …

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  Mark Draper

  

  What is the brightest star in the sky?

  skyatnightmagazine.com - Scott Levine

  The brightest star in the night sky? You’re right, it’s Sirius (mag. -1.45), which coasts low above the southern horizon for most of us in the …

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  Mark Draper

  

  James Webb Space Telescope finds an 'extreme' glow coming from 90% of the universe's earliest galaxies

  space.com - Ben Turner

  The universe's early galaxies are way brighter than they should be. The James Webb Space Telescope's discovery of brightly glowing gas around 90% of …