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September 7, 2021
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Will It Be Safe for Humans to Fly to Mars?

Aug. 26, 2021 — A human space mission would be viable if it doesn't exceed four years, an international research team concludes in ...

Unveiling a Century-Old Mystery: Where the Milky Way's Cosmic Rays Come from

Aug. 23, 2021 — Astronomers have succeeded in quantifying the proton and electron components of cosmic rays in a supernova remnant. At least 70% of the ...

Cosmic Rays May Be Key to Understanding Galactic Dynamics

Aug. 24, 2021 — While moving around within the gas in the interstellar medium, cosmic rays kickstart the background protons, which causes a collective plasma wave movement akin to ripples on a lake. The big question ...

Nearby Star-Forming Region Yields Clues to the Formation of Our Solar System

Aug. 16, 2021 — A region of active star formation in the constellation Ophiuchus is giving astronomers new insights into the conditions in which our own solar system ...
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Cosmic Dawn Occurred 250 to 350 Million Years After Big Bang

June 24, 2021 — A new study suggests that the NASA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scheduled to launch in November, will be sensitive enough to observe the birth of galaxies ...

Cosmic Hand Hitting a Wall

June 24, 2021 — Motions of a remarkable cosmic structure have been measured for the first time, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The blast wave and debris from an exploded star are seen moving away from ...

The Fifth Quartet: Excited Neon Discovery Could Reveal Star Qualities

June 24, 2021 — Researchers show that an excited state previously predicted to exist in neon-20 is real by using particle scattering experiments. By merging into five groups of four, the protons and neutrons in ...

New Research Adds a Wrinkle to Our Understanding of the Origins of Matter in the Milky Way

June 19, 2021 — New research suggests that carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen cosmic rays travel through the galaxy toward Earth in a similar way, but, surprisingly, that iron arrives at Earth differently. The ...

The Give and Take of Mega-Flares from Stars

June 16, 2021 — The long relationships between stars and the planets around them - including the Sun and the Earth - may be even more complex than previously thought. This is one conclusion of a new study involving ...

Space Scientists Solve a Decades-Long Gamma-Ray Burst Puzzle

June 16, 2021 — Astrophysicists find the magnetic field in gamma-ray bursts is scrambled after the ejected material crashes into, and shocks, the surrounding ...

Boundary of Heliosphere Mapped

June 14, 2021 — For the first time, the boundary of the heliosphere has been mapped, giving scientists a better understanding of how solar and interstellar winds ...

Astronomers Discover a 'Changing-Look' Blazar

June 9, 2021 — Astronomers describe a 'changing-look' blazar -- a powerful active galactic nucleus powered by supermassive blackhole at the center of a ...

Key to Carbon-Free Cars? Look to the Stars

June 9, 2021 — Scientists uncover new clues to the origins of the universe - and land new chemistry for cleaner combustion ...

Axions Could Be the Fossil of the Universe Researchers Have Been Waiting for

June 7, 2021 — No one knows what happened in the universe for its first 400,000 years, but a new paper suggests discovering the hypothetical particle axion could shed light on the early history of the universe. ...

Front-Row View Reveals Exceptional Cosmic Explosion

June 3, 2021 — Scientists have gained the best view yet of the brightest explosions in the universe: A specialised observatory in Namibia has recorded the most energetic radiation and longest gamma-ray afterglow of ...

A New Dimension in the Quest to Understand Dark Matter

June 2, 2021 — As its name suggests, dark matter -- material which makes up about 85% of the mass in the universe -- emits no light, eluding easy detection. Its properties, too, remain fairly obscure. Now, a ...

Astronomer Reveals Never-Before-Seen Detail of the Center of Our Galaxy

May 27, 2021 — New research reveals, with unprecedented clarity, details of violent phenomena in the center of our ...

Understanding of Invisible but Mighty Particles in Earth's Radiation Belts

May 26, 2021 — Tiny charged electrons and protons which can damage satellites and alter the ozone have revealed some of their mysteries to ...

Candid Cosmos: eROSITA Cameras Set Benchmark for Astronomical Imaging

May 25, 2021 — A team of scientists has developed the cameras for an astronomical instrument built to perform all-sky surveys in the x-ray wavelength regime. They highlight the features of the cameras, a key part ...

Probing Deeper Into Origins of Cosmic Rays

May 25, 2021 — Researchers know cosmic rays originate from the multitude of stars in the Milky Way and other galaxies. The difficulty is tracing the particles to specific sources, because the turbulence of ...

Supermassive Black Holes Devour Gas Just Like Their Petite Counterparts

May 17, 2021 — Supermassive black holes devour stellar material just like their more petite counterparts, a new study ...

Not Just for Finding Planets: Exoplanet-Hunter TESS Telescope Spots Bright Gamma-Ray Burst

Apr. 30, 2021 — NASA has a long tradition of unexpected discoveries, and the space program's TESS mission is no different. Astrophysicists have discovered a particularly bright gamma-ray burst using a NASA ...

Using Cosmic-Ray Neutron Bursts to Understand Gamma-Ray Bursts from Lightning

Apr. 28, 2021 — Analysis of data from a lightning mapper and a small, hand-held radiation detector has unexpectedly shed light on what a gamma-ray burst from lightning might look like - by observing neutrons ...

Measuring the Moon's Nano Dust Is No Small Matter

Apr. 28, 2021 — Researchers are now measuring tinier moon dust particles than ever before, a step toward more precisely explaining the Moon's apparent color and brightness. This in turn might help improve ...
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