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June 29, 2023
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Space.com

The gravitational wave background of the universe has been heard for the 1st time

In a historic first, astronomers have detected low-frequency gravitational waves using a galaxy-sized antenna of millisecond pulsars in the Milky Way. Comments (0). bright points of light spread out throughout space emit a grid-like pattern.

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Space.com

James Webb Space Telescope will help Euclid spacecraft investigate dark energy and dark matter

JWST will complement a part of Euclid’s mission that will investigate the nature of dark energy, the hypothetical “anti-gravity” force that scientists have proposed to explain why the universe is expanding at an accelerated rate. ESA will operate Euclid as …

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Space.com

How to see comet E1 ATLAS high in the night sky in July near the Little Dipper

While not particularly bright, the comet will be fairly easy to spot for Northern Hemisphere skywatchers. Comments (0). an illustration showing a comet near Ursa Minor, the little dipper. An illustration of comet C/2023 E1 ATLAS near Ursa Major on June …

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Space.com

Watch SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule depart the ISS today in this free livestream

The Dragon arrived at the ISS on June 6, delivering 7,000 pounds (3,175 kilograms) of supplies and scientific experiments to the astronauts aboard the orbiting lab. The freighter’s time in orbit is now up, and it’s about to come back to Earth.

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Scientists find ‘ghost particles’ spewing from our Milky Way galaxy in landmark discovery (video)

‘This observation of high-energy neutrinos opens up an entirely new window to study the properties of our host galaxy.’ Comments (0). Astronomers have detected high-energy neutrinos coming from within our Milky Way galaxy, potentially opening up an …

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The New York Times

Neutrinos Build a Ghostly Map of the Milky Way

Dr. Kurahashi Neilson and the more than 350 other scientists who collaborate on analyzing data from a neutrino detector at the South Pole reported their findings in a paper published on Thursday in the journal Science. “ …

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Space.com

A ‘captured’ alien planet may be hiding at the edge of our solar system — and it’s not ‘Planet X’

The cold and mysterious Oort cloud at the edge of our solar system may be hiding a rogue exoplanet, new research suggests. Comments (0). A close-up illustration of a bland, icy exoplanet on a black background. A large, icy world from an alien star …

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The New York Times

The Cosmos Is Thrumming With Gravitational Waves, Astronomers Find

Radio telescopes around the world picked up a telltale hum reverberating across the cosmos, most likely from supermassive black holes merging in the early universe.

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Phys.Org

Europe’s space telescope to target universe’s dark mysteries

The launch is planned from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 11:11 am local time (1511 GMT) on a Falcon 9 rocket of the US company SpaceX. The European Space Agency was forced to turn …

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USA TODAY

‘Internet apocalypse’: How NASA’s solar-storm studies could help save the web

Due to the winds that solar storms generate near the sun, the atmospheric impacts can potentially be felt on Earth. Solar flares and coronal mass ejections drive the storms, which release solar particles and electromagnetic radiation toward our planet, …

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