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03/27/2020 02:24 PM
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Are the Gaps in These Disks Caused by Planets?
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Astronomers like observing distant young stars as they form. Stars are born out of a molecular cloud, and once enough of the matter in that cloud clumps together, fusion ignites and a star begins its life. The leftover material from the formation of the star is called a circumstellar disk. As the material in the …
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03/27/2020 01:52 PM
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How Will Clouds Obscure the View of Exoplanet Surfaces?
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A new study shows how the presence of a cloud layer could make it harder for the James Webb Space Telescope to detect water on exoplanets.
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03/27/2020 10:50 AM
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The heliosphere looks a lot weirder than we originally thought
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Every second of every day, our sun spits out a stream of tiny high-energy particles, known as the solar wind. This wind blows throughout the solar system, extending far beyond the orbits of the planets and out into interstellar space. But the farther from the sun the wind gets, the more slowly it streams, changing …
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03/26/2020 09:40 AM
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Highest Resolution Mosaic Image of the Surface of Bennu
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NASA and the University of Arizona have released a stunning new global map of asteroid Bennu. At 2 inches (5 cm) per pixel, this is the highest-resolution global map of any planetary body. This hi-res map will help guide the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to the surface of the asteroid to collect a sample, currently scheduled for …
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03/25/2020 01:03 PM
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Even More Repeating Fast Radio Bursts Discovered
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The CHIME radio telescope array has detected nine new fast radio bursts on repeat, which are revealing things about this strange phenomenon
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03/25/2020 12:06 PM
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This Powerful Ion Engine Will Be Flying on NASA’s DART Mission to Try and Redirect an Asteroid
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Despite humanity’s current struggle against the novel coronavirus, and despite it taking up most of our attention, other threats still exist. The very real threat of a possible asteroid strike on Earth in the future is taking a backseat for now, but it’s still there. Though an asteroid strike seems kind of ephemeral right now, …
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03/25/2020 08:10 AM
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Following Comet Y1 ATLAS: the ‘Lost Comet’ of Spring
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Got clear skies? If you’re like us, you’ve been putting the recent pandemic-induced exile to productive use, and got out under the nighttime sky. And though 2020 has yet to offer up a good bright ‘Comet of the Century’ to keep us entertained, there have been a steady stream of good binocular comets for northern hemisphere viewers, including C/2017 T2 PanSTARRS and C/2019 Y4 ATLAS. This week, I’d like to turn your attention to another good binocular comet that is currently at its peak: the ‘other’ comet ATLAS, C/2019 Y1 ATLAS.
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03/24/2020 08:03 PM
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Weekly Space Hangout: March 25, 2020 – Amy Shira Teitel’s Fighting for Space
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Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Allen Versfeld (https://www.urban-astronomer.com/ / @uastronomer) Carolyn Collins Petersen (TheSpaceWriter.com / @spacewriter) Alex Teachey (alexteachey.com /@alexteachey We are pleased to once again welcome our good friend Amy Shira Teitel back to the WSH to chat about her most recent labor of love, her new book Fighting for Space which tells the story of female pilots …
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03/24/2020 07:56 PM
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Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden has Passed Away
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The world recently lost another luminary, NASA astronaut Al Worden, who was part of the Apollo program and piloted the Endeavor around the Moon
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03/24/2020 01:47 PM
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How Researchers Produce Sharp Images of a Black Hole
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A new study by members of the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) has shown how new images of black holes can be used to identify the substructure of these mysterious objects
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