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An average neutron star is 1.4 times the mass of the Sun — but it’s no bigger than a city in size
On average, a neutron star has 1.4 times the density of the Sun. However, the Sun is more than…
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A new simulation reveals what dark matter might look like if we could see it: massive halos surrounding every galaxy in the universe
A new simulation shows that dark matter haloes look the same, whether Earth-sized or many billions …
Susie Neilson
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Here's how shockingly lightweight a teaspoon of the universe is
Moreover, the universe is mostly empty space, so, despite the tremendously dense, heavy objects wit…
Jessica Orwig
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This Neutron Star Spins Faster Than A Helicopter Rotor
As the pulsar whips around, it spews out a jet of charged particles that race along the pulsar's ro…
Randy Astaiza
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Astronomers used JWST to finally solve a 37-year mystery over one of the brightest cosmic explosions ever seen in modern history
The James Webb Space Telescope has solved the mystery of what one of the brightest supernovae in hi…
Ellyn Lapointe
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Indian astrophysicists find distinctive signature of cosmic X-rays to identify the boundary around black holes
Although black holes does not have a surface, it is confined within an invisible boundary, cal…
PTI
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Incredible animation shows just how big supermassive black holes can get
But these black holes are nothing compared to supermassive black holes, like Sagittarius A*, which …
Gene Kim,Jessica Orwig
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Jupiter got hit by a planet 10 times the mass of Earth billions of years ago, and its core is still reeling, a new study suggests
One explanation, he said, could be that those observations are showing violent, head-on collisions …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A new discovery with gravitational waves has helped scientists fill in a gaping hole in the periodic table
Astronomers witnessed the collision of two neutron stars in a distant galaxy located 130 million li…
David Anderson,Jessica Orwig
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Earth's air supply may reach nearly 400,000 miles into space - so far that the moon constantly flies through it
SOHO, which has been in operation for about 23 years, carries an ultraviolet-light-recording instru…
Dave Mosher
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Scientists are getting ready to make a huge announcement that would uphold a 100-year-old prediction by Einstein - here's how to watch
The only catch about Einstein's theory is that it hasn't been directly confirmed, yet, because…
Jessica Orwig
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Astronomers just located a mysterious cosmic phenomenon for the first time - but they have no idea what caused it
"[If] they know which planets are life bearing in the galaxy ... they could perhaps decide to elimi…
Jessica Orwig
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Astronomers are baffled by a newly discovered cosmic explosion that's the most powerful supernova ever seen
"To my surprise, I was not able to even tell for sure it was a supernova. My first reaction was: 'T…
Jessica Orwig
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Einstein's most incredible prediction may be proven right on February 11
Black holes are the densest, most gravitationally powerful objects in existence - so a rare yet vio…
Dave Mosher
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Sweden's gamble on coronavirus herd immunity couldn't work in the US — and it may not work in Sweden
In Sweden, it's proving somewhat tough to balance a sense of civic-minded independence with a ragin…