Space Science
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Artemis II: Astronauts and Launch Teams Complete Final Countdown Rehearsal
Read more: Artemis II: Astronauts and Launch Teams Complete Final Countdown RehearsalAstronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen departed the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at around 12:20 p.m. EST, sporting their orange pressure suits, for a 5.5-mile journey to the Vehicle Assembly Building where the Space Launch System rocket and their Orion spacecraft were waiting.
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James Webb Telescope Captures Most Distant Supernova at Cosmic Dawn
Read more: James Webb Telescope Captures Most Distant Supernova at Cosmic DawnJWST detects record distant supernova resembling local explosions at cosmic dawn.
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Beyond Supernovae: Black Holes Confirmed as the Engines of Cosmic Blue Flashes
Read more: Beyond Supernovae: Black Holes Confirmed as the Engines of Cosmic Blue FlashesFor the first time we have confirmed that these transients require some sort of central energy source beyond what a supernova can produce.
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Is Dark Energy Weakening? DESI’s 3D Map Challenges the Constant Expansion Model
Read more: Is Dark Energy Weakening? DESI’s 3D Map Challenges the Constant Expansion ModelNew data from the DESI survey suggests dark energy’s influence is fading, potentially overturning our fundamental understanding of cosmic expansion.
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Earth’s Water is “Homegrown”: New Evidence Overturns Asteroid Impact Theory
Read more: Earth’s Water is “Homegrown”: New Evidence Overturns Asteroid Impact TheoryNew analysis reveals that Earth likely had all the hydrogen it needed to create water from the moment it formed, debunking the asteroid delivery model.
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Astronomers Catch First Direct Evidence of a Spinning Black Hole Twisting Spacetime
Read more: Astronomers Catch First Direct Evidence of a Spinning Black Hole Twisting SpacetimeAstronomers have detected a spinning black hole twisting spacetime, confirming a 100-year-old Einstein prediction during a star’s violent destruction.
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Amazing Facts All About Comet 3I/ATLAS
Read more: Amazing Facts All About Comet 3I/ATLASWhat is with 3I/AtLAS comet?
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Earth’s Atmosphere Found Leaking All the Way Out to the Moon
Read more: Earth’s Atmosphere Found Leaking All the Way Out to the MoonScientists confirm that elements from Earth’s leaky atmosphere are continually being deposited onto the surface of the Moon.
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Astronomers Spot One of the Largest Spinning Structures in the Universe
Read more: Astronomers Spot One of the Largest Spinning Structures in the UniverseA massive filament of galaxies spanning millions of light-years has been found to be spinning, challenging cosmic structure models.
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JWST Spots Mature “Milky Way Twin” Just 1.5 Billion Years After Big Bang
Read more: JWST Spots Mature “Milky Way Twin” Just 1.5 Billion Years After Big BangJWST reveals an unexpectedly mature spiral galaxy, Alaknanda, at cosmic dawn.