Astronomers have found a powerful quasar powered by two supermassive black holes.
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Think you know the Canadian space program? A new book may prove otherwise. The book is Canadarm and Collaboration: How Canada's Astronauts and Space Robots Explore New Worlds by Elizabeth Howell, out on October 20th, 2020 by ECW Press.
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A machine learning algorithm created by scientists in the UK has confirmed 50 new exoplanets, effectively opening the door to AI-enabled exoplanet studies!
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New research using Hubble archive data shows that GJ 887, the nearby red dwarf star system with two exoplanets, might not be as calm and "boring" as we thought!
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Another possible resolution to the Fermi Paradox: we could all be living in some giant "nature preserve" where the aliens are monitoring us!
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The James Webb Space Telescope recently passed another critical milestone - the Ground Segment Test - and is on track for its scheduled launch in Oct of 2021.
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SpaceX has a busy weekend ahead with three missions scheduled for Sunday, including a 150 m hop test with the SN6 prototype!
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The gas and dust cast off by a supernova explosion keeps moving at a high speed for centuries.
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In this installment, we explore the possibility that we haven't heard from aliens because they've got us in a simulated environment where they can watch us!
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A new study by a team of theoretical astrophysicists shows that stable wormholes could exist, but don't expect them to be a practical means of space travel.
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