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Space.com

Latest comet: Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF); View: Telescopes and binoculars; Photograph: Cameras and lenses; Photograph: Camera accessories; Best locations and times; Comets you missed.

Space.com

Although various telescope missions have studied the Small Magellanic Cloud in the past, much remained to be understood. Now, thanks to Webb’s …

The New York Times

What Happened to All of Science’s Big Breakthroughs? A new study finds a steady drop since 1945 in disruptive feats as a share of the world’s booming enterprise in scientific and technological advancement.

Space.com

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory teamed up to provide a stunning new view of the robust star-forming region known as the Tarantula Nebula. Located only 161,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, …

EarthSky

The cluster contains about a half-million stars. 170 of those are known to be RR Lyrae variable stars. Now, astronomers say they have discovered 208 new RR Lyrae stars – the Milky Way’s farthest stars so far – extending hallway out to the Andromeda galaxy.

Scientific American

As planetary systems age and young planets drift toward their stars, the planets’ orbits become unstable, and they often collide. When rocky planets smash together, they have a greater combined mass, Izidoro says.

Phys.Org

Nanoparticles are complex materials smaller than 100 nanometers, or about the size of a virus, but they have a large range of potential applications, from medicine to energy to electronics. Now, hundreds of new nanoparticles with previously unknown …

UC San Diego Health

Standing in front of his tent, Scripps Oceanography PhD Student Austin Carter endures a windstorm in the Allan Hills in 2019. Credit: Ian Van Coller. By:.

Phys.Org

White dwarfs (WDs) are stellar cores left behind after a star has exhausted its nuclear fuel. Due to their high gravity, they are known to have atmospheres of either pure hydrogen or pure helium. However, a small fraction of WDs shows traces of heavier …

Phys.Org

A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in China, working at the Shanghai National Laboratory of High-Power Laser Physics, has conducted measurements of accelerating electrons from a magnetically driven reconnection using lasers and …