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Groundbreaking Discovery Confirms Existence Of Orbiting Supermassive Black Holes | University Of New Mexico
For the first time ever, astronomers at The University of New Mexico say they've been able to observe and measure the orbital motion between two supermassive black holes hundreds of millions of ...
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Scientists detect gravitational waves for third time | Physical Review Letters
This image shows a numerical simulation of a binary black hole merger with masses and spins consistent with the third and most recent LIGO observation, named GW170104. The strength of the ...
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Space junk could destroy satellites, hurt economies | AFP
There are an estimated 170 million pieces of so-called "space junk"—left behind after missions that can be as big as spent rocket stages or as small as paint flakes — in orbit alongside some US$700 ...
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New study reveals how changes in Martian rainfall shaped the planet | Robert A. Craddock et al.
Valley networks on Mars show evidence for surface runoff driven by rainfall. Credit: Elsevier May 16, 2017 (Phys.org) -- Heavy rain on Mars reshaped the planet's impact craters and carved out ...
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Stars as random number generators could test foundations of physics | Lisa Zyga
By ESA/Hubble, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8788068 May 16, 2017 (Phys.org) -- Stars, quasars, and other celestial objects generate photons in a random way, and now ...
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Do you believe in ghosts? | Mickey Z.
Vincent van Gogh. The Starry Night. 1889. Oil on canvas. From Wikipedia. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust May 15, 2017 The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest. (Vonnegut once said that.) Such ...
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Explaining the accelerating expansion of the universe without dark energy | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The Hubble Ultra-Deep Field image shows some of the most remote galaxies visible with present technology, each consisting of billions of stars. The image's area of sky is very small – equivalent in ...
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Mysterious isolated object investigated by astronomers | Tomasz Nowakowski
This artist’s impression shows the free-floating planet CFBDSIR J214947.2-040308.9. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/P. Delorme/R. Saito/VVV Consortium. March 13, 2017 (Phys.org) -- An international team of ...
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Temperate earth-sized worlds found in extraordinarily rich planetary system | PhysOrg
This artist's impression shows the view from the surface of one of the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. At least seven planets orbit this ultra cool dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth and they ...
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Europe's New Mars Mission Bringing NASA Radios Along | NASA
The European Space Agency's ExoMars 2016 mission, combining the Trace Gas Orbiter and Schiaparelli landing demonstrator, launched on March 14, 2106, atop a Proton launch vehicle from the Baikonur ...
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'Dark matter' not as dark as first thought: Scientists find it interacts with forces other than just gravity | Steve Connor
Hubble telescope enables first view of the cosmic entity "interacting with itself." April 15, 2015 (Independent.co.uk) -- Dark matter may not be so dark after all, after scientists witnessed the ...
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