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Space.com

When neutron stars collide, the explosions they create are perfectly spherical, a new study finds. This contradicts previous theories surrounding the blasts, known as kilonovas, that suggest they should proceed as flattened discs.

Space.com

A composite image consisting of data captured by NASA’s NuSTAR and Solar Dynamics Observatory, and. Bluish patches in this image show areas that radiate extremely hot high-energy X-rays.

The Washington Post

Paul Berg, a Nobel laureate biochemist whose breakthrough in splicing DNA molecules helped place the foundations for the biotech industry, but who was once so concerned about possible risks from manipulating genes that he asked scientists to allow …

EarthSky

And it’s tough – or impossible – to spot those asteroids coming toward us. ESA’s planned NEOMIR mission will orbit between Earth and the sun at the first Lagrange point (L1). It’ll act as an early warning system for asteroids – 65 feet (20 meters) and …

KCRA Sacramento

The space observatory can see the universe in infrared light, which is invisible to the human eye, making the telescope uniquely poised to look through the dust that obscures some galactic features when less powerful telescopes are used.

BBC Sky at Night Magazine

What’s in the night sky in the week of 20 to 26 February 2023 in our weekly stargazing guide. Advertisement. Chris Bramley Hello and welcome to Star Diary, the podcast from the makers of BBC Sky at Night Magazine. You can subscribe to the print edition …

EL PAÍS in English

The scientific community agrees that the largest space exploration mission of the decade must begin now. And scientists opine that the destination should be Uranus – the strangest and most unknown planet in the solar system.

SciTechDaily

Still, these objects have long found their place in astrophysics. So-called stellar black holes, in particular, with a few solar masses, are the end state of very massive stars. Now, a …

The Jerusalem Post

Radio telescopes, which are used to find radio broadcasts from space (Illustrative). (photo credit: PIXABAY). An AI algorithm was used to sift through 820 star systems to …

Hindustan Times

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) recorded the extreme ultraviolet pulse. A solar flare is a sudden and brief eruption of intense energy from the Sun’s surface that releases a burst of radiation across the electromagnetic spectrum, including X-rays …