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Earth-bound asteroids ‘could be tracked more precisely’ with new equation

on 25 November 20244 min read

Identifying asteroids on a potential collision course with Earth could be made easier thanks to an advancement in how to...

WEAVE spectrograph uncovers dual nature of galaxy shock

In Space

on 24 November 20244 min read

Using the set of first-light observations from the new William Herschel Telescope Enhanced Area Velocity Explorer (WEAVE) wide-field spectrograph, a...

NASA's Chandra, Hubble tune into 'flame-throwing' Guitar Nebula

Chandra and Hubble tune into ‘flame-throwing’ Guitar Nebula

In Space

on 20 November 20243 min read

Normally found only in heavy metal bands or certain post-apocalyptic films, a “flame-throwing guitar” has now been spotted moving through...

First pairs of white dwarf–main sequence binaries discovered in clusters shine new light on stellar evolution

In Space

on 19 November 20245 min read

Astronomers at the University of Toronto (U of T) have discovered the first pairs of white dwarf and main sequence...

As the Taurid meteor shower passes by Earth, pseudoscience rains down – and obscures a potential real threat from space

In Physics Space

on 15 November 20242 min read

With the Taurid meteor shower now hitting the night skies worldwide, look for what could be a celestial treat –...

Latest findings from the South Pole Telescope bolster standard cosmological model

In Space

on 14 November 20245 min read

Roughly 400,000 years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled just enough to allow photons to escape from the primordial...

Hubble sees aftermath of galaxy’s scrape with Milky Way

In Space

on 14 November 20246 min read

A story of survival is unfolding at the outer reaches of our galaxy, and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is witnessing...

New research challenges dark matter theory in galaxy formation

In Space

on 12 November 20243 min read

The standard model for how galaxies formed in the early universe predicted that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) would...

Astronomers observe an unlucky star’s repeated tidal disruptions

In Space

on 11 November 20243 min read

When a star moves around a supermassive black hole (SMBH) in a close elliptical orbit, it gets partially tidally disrupted...

Mighty radio bursts linked to massive galaxies: New clues about how magnetars form

In Space

on 6 November 20244 min read

Since their discovery in 2007, fast radio bursts—extremely energetic pulses of radio-frequency light—have lit up the sky repeatedly, leading astronomers...