Watching the blink of a star to size up asteroids for NASA’s Lucy Mission
Gathering near Las Vegas recently, dozens of astronomers spread throughout the region, pointed their telescopes at the sky and waited ...
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ESO telescope images planet around most massive star pair to date
The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) has captured an image of a planet orbiting b Centauri, a ...
Male spiders are attracted by a female like planets orbiting a star
Credit: MPI of Animal Behavior/ Alex Jordan The tiny male golden orb-weaving spider faces a considerable challenge when searching for ...
Scientists develop lead-absorbing tape to boost viability of rising star in solar power industry
Credit: Xun Li, Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Ill. — Researchers at Northern Illinois University and the U.S. Department of ...
A star in subtropical Japan: a new species of parasitoid wasp constructs unique cocoon masses hanging on 1-meter-long strings
A unique "star" was discovered from the Ryukyu Islands, a biodiversity hot spot in subtropical Japan: a star-shaped structure that ...
Black hole found hiding in star cluster outside our galaxy
Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), astronomers have discovered a small black hole outside the Milky ...
The planet does not fall far from the star
A compositional link between planets and their respective host star has long been assumed in astronomy. For the first time ...
Did a black hole eating a star generate a neutrino? Unlikely, new study shows
Cambridge, Mass. – In October 2019, a high-energy neutrino slammed into Antarctica. The neutrino, which was remarkably hard to detect, ...
Seeking the star stuff that made us
At the 2021 Fall Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics, two independent research groups will unveil new measurements ...
Astrophysicists explain the origin of unusually heavy neutron star binaries
A new study showing how the explosion of a stripped massive star in a supernova can lead to the formation ...
This is what it looks like when a black hole snacks on a star
While black holes and toddlers don't seem to have much in common, they are remarkably similar in one aspect: Both ...
Star attraction: Magnetism generated by star-like arrangement of molecules
A 2D nanomaterial consisting of organic molecules linked to metal atoms in a specific atomic-scale geometry shows non-trivial electronic and ...
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Male dogs four times more likely to develop contagious cancer on nose or mouth than females
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COVID-19 fattens up our body’s cells to fuel its viral takeover
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Machine learning goes with the flow
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Dinosaurs took over amid ice, not warmth, says a new study of ancient mass extinction
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Only through international cooperation can AI improve patient lives
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New research supports risk-based prostate cancer screening