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Space.com

The next generation of extremely large telescopes will have 100 times the light-gathering power and 10 times the image quality of the Hubble Space Telescope. However, they’re running into serious funding problems. There are two American-led projects with …

Space.com

Starmus is an ambitious festival where science and art come together to share in the wonders of our universe. I loved every minute of it. Comments (0). Starmus festival opening concert, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2024. a huge stage with lots of fireworks …

Astronomy Magazine

Some. This image of the Abell 2390 galaxy cluster shows more than 50,000 galaxies, which astronomers are using to reveal clues about dark matter through gravitational lensing. Credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA …

Phys.Org

An international team led by researchers at Oxford University Physics have proved Einstein was correct about a key prediction concerning black holes. Using X-ray data to test Einstein’s theory of gravity, their study gives the first observational proof …

Livescience.com

The exoplanet Gliese 12 b is tantalizingly close and moderately warm, situated just 40 light-years away around a red dwarf star. The potentially habitable planet could be a good place to search for alien life, scientists say.

WISN Milwaukee

It will appear as a fast-moving star gliding across the sky from west to east and will be visible without the need for telescopes or binoculars. The space station will be almost as luminous as Venus …

oregonlive.com

Headlines this month have promised a rare “planet parade” in which six planets (Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) will align in the night sky on June 3. While there is some truth to the claim, this is not an event that astronomers would …

ABC News

In short: Palaeontologists have named three new monotreme species, including an “echidnapus”, which shares platypus and echidna characteristics. The fossils are around 100 million years old, but there are questions over whether they represent the …

Spaceflight Now

The Starlink 6-60 mission will add another 23 spacecraft to the company’s growing mega-constellation of internet relay satellites, serving more than three million customers. The Falcon 9 rocket is set to liftoff from …

Barron’s

Clouds — from cumulus and cirrus to cumulonimbus — are a varied and complicated phenomenon. Their composition depends on where they are located in the troposphere, Earth’s lowest layer of atmosphere, Gillieron explained. The …