“It highlights gravity’s possible hidden complexity and invites a reevaluation of where dark matter effects originate.”
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It’s nicknamed Jetty McJetface.
Perchlorate, a toxic substance found in Mars dirt, could help the bacterium Sporosarcina pasteurii strengthen bonds between particles of regolith.
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A new comet approaching the sun has caught the attention of astronomers, primarily because of its lineage. It appears to belong to a group of comets that in some cases have briefly become outstandingly bright objects.
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Astronomers used James Webb Space Telescope data to determine the density of the universe’s most mysterious “stuff.”
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“If our hypothesized dark charge is true, then we believe there could be a significant population of primordial black holes, which would be consistent with other astrophysical observations, and account for all the missing …
“We studied the last several orbits before the merger, when the entwined magnetic fields undergo rapid and dramatic changes, and modeled potentially observable high-energy signals.”
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A light-polluting green hydrogen plant project that would seriously affect one of the world’s most important astronomical observatories has been scrapped by the company behind it.
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An impulsive X4.2 solar flare sparked strong radio blackouts across Africa and Europe as the giant sunspot continues to rage.
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“There is a growing chasm between theory and observation related to the early universe, which presents compelling questions to be explored going forward.”
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