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Space.com

Centuries after Chinese and Japanese astronomers spotted a bright light in their skies, astronomers have pinned it to a stellar collision that unleashed a rare supernova 850 years ago. A researcher has photographed the structure of Pa 30, …

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The launch of SpaceX’s most powerful rocket over the weekend was visible from orbit. A SpaceX Falcon Heavy lifted off Sunday (Jan. 15) from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending multiple satellites aloft for the U.S. Space Force on a mission …

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An image taken by an Austrian comet hunter reveals a disconnection in a stunning green comet’s tail that may have been caused by turbulent space weather. Seasoned astrophotographer Michael Jäger took this image of the Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) on Tuesday …

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Black holes residing at the center of galaxies produce way more energy than scientists previously thought, a new study has revealed. These so-called active galactic nuclei devour huge amounts of matter, releasing massive amounts of energy in the form …

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This weekend offers a fantastic opportunity to see two of the solar system’s planets line up in the night sky. Venus and Saturn will be in conjunction, meaning they’ll share the same right ascension — the equivalent of longitude in the celestial sphere …

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Light pollution is brightening up the night sky so fast that stars are virtually disappearing in front of sky-watchers’ eyes, a new study has revealed. Where 18 years ago, a star …

CNET

Just over a year ago, when NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope switched on, dominating headlines of even mainstream media, it felt like the start of a new era. Booted up with infrared sensors and crowned with 18 gold-plated mirrors, the JWST reminded the …

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The comet’s long orbital period (the amount of time it takes to complete one orbit of the sun) means that C/2022 E3 (ZTF) hasn’t been seen from Earth in some 50,000 years.

Phys.Org

Using a quantum simulator, researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) have observed pairs of charge carriers that may be responsible for the resistance-free transport of electric current in high-temperature superconductors.

Phys.Org

Particles of light—photons—that are forced to interact with each other through specially structured glass demonstrate behavior evocative of the “fractional quantum Hall effect,” a phenomenon that garnered the 1998 Nobel Prize in physics when …