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Space.com

Yet, scientists theorize that the universe could also be populated with vastly less massive, relatively featherweight black holes with masses around that of Earth. These black hole, potentially, could have masses as low as that of a large asteroid.

Space.com

“We are just beginning to appreciate how bad the disruption can be for land-based and space-based telescopes, and as more and more satellite overflights occur, the problems will only intensify.” telescope photo of a star cluster in a dark night sky, …

Space.com

When I sat down with Jane Rigby last month, in an upper-floor conference room at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis — a quiet reprieve from the throngs of families perusing cosmic exhibits and dinosaur bones below — her eyes were warm and measured.

Space.com

AR3664 garnered the attention of scientists earlier this week as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center issued a warning of increased solar flare risk from the solar giant on Tuesday (May 7).

Space.com

“This is the year that we transition from rigorous research and development to regular orbital operations and — in doing so — transform the way we connect space and Earth.” Comments (0). close up view, from behind, of a black and white space plane in a.

Space.com

Increased solar activity has prompted the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) to increase their vigilance heading into Mother’s Day weekend. Comments (0). bright green auroras in the sky above a coastal scene in iceland. Auroras above Iceland.

Scientific American

An artist’s concept of the giant Jupiter-class planet KELT-9 b (foreground) in a broiling orbit around its massive blue-white host star. Bombarded by starlight, this planet’s cloud tops are hotter than the surfaces of some stars, and the world’s atmosphere …

Phys.Org

In the new paper, Zhang and his colleagues successfully recreated features of cuprate superconductivity with a simple model called the two-dimensional Hubbard model, which treats the materials as if they were electrons moving around a quantum chessboard.

EarthSky

The accretion disk serves as a visual reference during the fall. So do glowing structures called photon rings. They form closer to the black hole from light that has orbited it one or more times. A backdrop of the starry sky as seen from Earth completes …

Popular Science

When faced with some kind of threat, these telescopes shut down all non-essential systems, doing only the bare minimum to keep themselves alive and prevent further damage if possible—sort of like how a bear makes it through a long winter.