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[ad_1] NASA released the Hubble Space Telescope on April 24, 1990, and Hubble has been busy observing the universe ever since. In honor of his thirtieth birthday, we will explore some of his most memorable and mind-blowing photos, starting with the anniversary photo. This image contains two nebulae, both called …

[ad_1] (Photo: Photo by Štefan Štefančík on Unsplash) Scientists have detected radio signals coming from outer space. Astronomers have detected a radio signal coming from the Milky Way. The signal obtained is called a fast radio burst, which lasts milliseconds, and comes from deep within outer space. Because the radio …

[ad_1] NASA and SpaceX said on Friday they were pressing with plans to launch astronauts into space from US soil for the first time in nearly a decade later this month, despite the coronavirus pandemic. Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, both veterans of the space shuttle program that was closed …

[ad_1] SpaceX Starlink satellites will be visible from the United States this weekend. However, experts say it will be a crime against the skies due to the massive light pollution it could create. According to the latest previous Newsweek report, SpaceX Starlink satellites were visible in the night sky over …

[ad_1] Artist’s impression of a magnetarIllustration: ESO / L. Calçada. Astronomers have just seen an extremely bright explosion of radio waves emanating from our own galaxy. Surprising observation could help us understand the mystery behind these enigmatic broadcasts, known as fast radio bursts. Telescopes around the world share data on …

[ad_1] An international team of astronomers has managed to capture some extraordinarily rare images of planetary systems that are born hundreds of light years away. While we’ve seen “protoplanetary disk” images before, we’ve never seen the process captured in such detail. Kluska et al. “In [earlier] Images, the regions near …

[ad_1] Scientists have directly seen the first step in a light-driven chemical reaction for the first time. They used an X-ray free-electron laser at SLAC to capture nearly instantaneous changes in the distribution of electrons when light hit a ring-shaped molecule called CHD. Within 30 femtoseconds, or millionths of a …

[ad_1] Bringing our city to your living room It is not unusual for something to go up for auction and be described as “out of this world”, but in this case, the label is very true. A piece of the moon, which was discovered in North Africa two years ago, …

[ad_1] So, this particular shower should see shooting stars lighting up the skies over the UK this weekend, peaking on Tuesday night. If you’re lucky – and the skies are clear – then you should be able to see dozens of meteors crashing their way across the sky every hour …

[ad_1] In about five billion years from now, the Sun will gobble up the current orbits of Mercury and Venus and make Earth uninhabitable. But, long before that, in about a billion years, when it stops fusing hydrogen and turns into a red giant, scientists predict that its core will …