Astronomers find most massive structure in the early universe0
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- October 19, 2018
Proto-supercluster may contain thousands of galaxies
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Some Stars Around Galaxy May Be From Elsewhere0
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- October 18, 2018
Data from the Gaia satellite reveal 20 new high-speed stars, 13 of which appear to have originated outside of the Milky Way.
Plant hormone makes space farming a possibility0
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- October 18, 2018
With scarce nutrients and weak gravity, growing potatoes on the Moon or on other planets seems unimaginable. But the plant hormone strigolactone could make it possible, plant biologists have shown. The hormone supports the symbiosis between fungi and plant roots, thus encouraging plants’ growth — even under the challenging conditions found in space.
COMING SOON, THE COMET OF THE YEAR0
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- October 18, 2018
Astronomers are calling Comet 46P/Wirtanen the “comet of the year.”
Largest Galaxy Proto-Supercluster Found0
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- October 17, 2018
Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope uncover a cosmic titan lurking in the early Universe
Earth Dodges a Meteor Storm0
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- October 17, 2018
On Oct. 8-9, Europeans outdoors around midnight were amazed when a flurry of faint meteors filled the sky.
What’s the difference between a comet and an asteroid?0
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- October 17, 2018
They both orbit the sun, but they’re very different.
Astronomers Discover Twenty New Fast Radio Bursts0
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- October 16, 2018
Astronomers using CSIRO’s Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) at the Murchison Radio-Astronomy Observatory have nearly doubled the known number of fast radio bursts — mysterious and rarely detected bursts of energy from space. The team’s discoveries, reported in the journal Nature, include the closest and brightest fast radio bursts ever detected.
NASA’s Voyager 2 Probe About to Leave Solar System0
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- October 13, 2018
NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft has detected an increase in cosmic rays that originate outside the Solar System. Currently, the probe is approximately 11 billion miles (17.7 billion km) from Earth.
Every NASA Mission Should Be Looking for Alien Life, Scientists Say0
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- October 13, 2018
Searching for signs of alien life should be part of every future NASA mission, researchers wrote in a new report.
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