Astronomy

Astronomy Jargon 101: Cosmic Microwave Background

In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! Get a good look at today's topic:…

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Astronomy Jargon 101: Wormholes

In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! Take a strange trip through today's topic:…

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Astronomy Jargon 101: Gravity

In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! I hope you're sitting down for today's…

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Astronomy Jargon 101: Type-1a Supernovae

In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! Today's topic is almost too hot to…

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Astronomy Jargon 101: Type-II Supernovae

In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You'll have a blast learning about today's…

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Astronomers Measure the Atmosphere on a Planet Hundreds of Light-Years Away

In a recent study, an international team of astronomers directly measured the atmospheric composition of a hot Jupiter hundreds of…

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Will Water Bears be the First Interstellar Astronauts?

A new study conducted with support from NASA considers sending "Water Bears" on the first interstellar voyages instead of humans.

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Experiment Finds no Sign of Sterile Neutrinos

A search for sterile neutrinos finds they are not the solution to dark matter.

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What’s Snuffing Out Galaxies Before Their Time?

In the Milky Way, the formation rate of stars is about one solar mass every year. About 10 billion years…

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Astronomers Might Have Found a Planet in Another Galaxy

Not that long ago,, astronomers weren't sure that exoplanets even existed. Now we know that there are thousands of them…

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