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Category: Astronomy

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A New Field of Science: Space Pasta and Nuclear Crusts

Posted on November 8, 2017June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

A new field of science is born – astromaterial science. First mentioned in today’s paper, this scientific field studies materials of…

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    Gravitational Waves from A Neutron Star Merger Shake the Earth and Astrophysics

    Posted on October 19, 2017December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

    Big News! Astrophysics receives a gift. Interferometers at LIGO and Virgo detected gravitational waves coming from two neutron stars…

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      The Sleeping Giant in a Small Town

      Posted on October 16, 2017December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

      Astronomers have uncovered a supermassive black hole, weighing 17 billion suns, in the middle of nowhere. This nearly record-breaking…

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        Chasing Alien Worlds with a Flying Telescope

        Posted on September 27, 2017October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

        The airborne Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is a flying observatory aboard a modified Boeing 747 that takes…

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          Tumbleweeds Interrupt the Discovery of Black Holes

          Posted on July 10, 2017June 20, 2025 by Sciworthy

          “How moving!” is what the Earth would say when it comes into contact with gravitational waves. Albert Einstein’s general theory of…

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            Have we finally found dark matter?

            Posted on June 26, 2017June 23, 2025 by Sciworthy

            There is overwhelming evidence to support the existence of dark matter, but its existence is still a mystery to physicists. A method called…

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              Why is the Sun Yellow?

              Posted on May 18, 2017June 24, 2025 by Jacob Haqq Misra

              Jacob Haqq-Misra, Ravi Kopparapu, and Eric Wolf attempt to address this question in a recent paper titled "Why do we find ourselves around a…

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                Mysterious, Unusual Intergalactic Radio Signal Found

                Posted on May 8, 2017June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

                Radio astronomers working with a radio dish telescope detected something a bit unusual. They were seeing a very fast radio burst, faster and…

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                  Saturn’s Moon Enceladus May Have Conditions For Life

                  Posted on April 24, 2017June 25, 2025 by SanjoySom

                  In a last scientific hurrah, the Cassini spacecraft has detected that hydrogen is being ejected from the moon’s ice-covered ocean.

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                    The Deafening Sound of Neutron Stars Crashing Together

                    Posted on April 5, 2017December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

                    Large stars and planets in space have intense gravity. The gravity of these large celestial bodies is so strong, that they actually warp the…

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