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These 2 monster black holes may be the closest pair ever discovered

It's the ultimate telescope vs. supermassive black hole tag-team match as the NASA team of Chandra and Hubble pin down a supermassive black hole pairing! Not only was this black hole tag team surprisingly close to Earth, but they were also in tight proximity to each other! The supermassive black holes are located in the merging galaxies MCG-03-3 ...
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Posted: Sept. 10, 2024 Category: Black Holes By: Worden, Pete

JWST finds distant galaxy with “impossible” light signatureed

Since its launch in December of 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has spotted record-setting objects all across the Universe, including at the greatest distances ever seen. Many distant galaxies are energetic, and show signatures of emission lines from specific atoms and molecules, particularly hydrogen. However, the Lyman-α line has neve ...
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Posted: Sept. 10, 2024 Category: Astro Physics By: Dupont, Erika

Intergalactic 'stream of stars' 10 times longer than the Milky Way is the 1st of its kind ever spotted

Astronomers have accidentally discovered the first known intergalactic trail of stars. The gigantic "stellar stream," which is around 10 times longer than the Milky Way, suggests that more of these structures could be lurking in deep space, a new study reveals. Stellar streams are elongated threads of gravitationally entwined stars that have ...
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Posted: Sept. 9, 2024 Category: Astro Physics By: James, Jimmy

SpaceX will start launching Starships to Mars in 2026, Elon Musk says

SpaceX's Starship megarocket will start flying Mars missions just two years from now, if all goes according to plan. "These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars. If those landings go well, then the first crewed flights to Mars will be in 4 years," SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said via X on Saturday evening (Sept ...
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Posted: Sept. 8, 2024 Category: Solar System By: Wall, Mike

A partial lunar eclipse of the Harvest Moon Supermoon is coming this month. Here's everything you need to know

In addition to being a slightly larger-than-average "supermoon," September's full moon will also experience a partial lunar eclipse when it rises on the evening of Sept. 17. The Full Harvest Moon of September 2024 will be a special one. All full moons are impressive sights on their own, but this month's Full Harvest Moon will be especially no ...
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Posted: Sept. 8, 2024 Category: Moon By: Dobrijevic, Daisy