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  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 30, 2019 A black hole is an astronomical object with a gravitational pull so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape it. A black hole's "surface," called its event horizon, defines the boundary where the velocity needed to escape exceeds the speed of light, which is the speed limit of the cosmos. Matter and radiation fall in, but they can't get out. Two main classes of black holes have been extensively observed. Stellar-mass black holes with three to dozens of times the Sun's mass are spread throug ... read more |
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Scientists spot black hole so huge it 'shouldn't even exist' in our galaxyBeijing (AFP) Nov 28, 2019 Astronomers have discovered a black hole in the Milky Way so huge that it challenges existing models of how stars evolve, researchers said Thursday. ... more  
Impact crater data analysis of Ryugu asteroid illuminates complicated geological historyKobe, Japan (SPX) Nov 28, 2019 Analysis of the impact craters on Ryugu using the spacecraft Hayabusa 2's remote sensing image data has illuminated the geological history of the Near-Earth asteroid. A research group led by A ... more 
A new theory for how black holes and neutron stars shine brightNew York NY (SPX) Nov 28, 2019 For decades, scientists have speculated about the origin of the electromagnetic radiation emitted from celestial regions that host black holes and neutron stars - the most mysterious objects in the ... more  
New image offers close-up view of interstellar cometNew Haven CT (SPX) Nov 27, 2019 Yale astronomers have taken a new, close-up image of the interstellar comet 2l/Borisov. 2l/Borisov, first spotted this summer, continues to draw nearer to Earth and will reach its closest appr ... more |
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NASA Shares Mid-Sized Robotic Lunar Lander Concept with IndustryHuntsville AL (SPX) Nov 26, 2019 As NASA presses forward with the agency's mission to the Moon, Mars and beyond, the development of top-tier technology is critical to success. With emphasis on lunar exploration and scientific inves ... more  
Reports of Jupiter's Great Red Spot demise greatly exaggeratedSeattle WA (SPX) Nov 26, 2019 The shrinking of the clouds of the Great Red Spot on Jupiter has been well documented with photographic evidence from the last decade. However, researchers said there is no evidence the vortex itsel ... more 
Planets around a black hole?Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 26, 2019 Theoreticians in two different fields defied the common knowledge that planets orbit stars like the Sun. They proposed the possibility of thousands of planets around a supermassive black hole. ... more 
A new paradigm of black hole physics leads to a new quantumPescara, Italy (SPX) Nov 25, 2019 A change of paradigm in black hole physics, leading to new perspectives in the role of the quantum in fundamental laws of physics, is finally reaching its most cogent confirmation by the introductio ... more 
Israel's next attempt at lunar lander within 3 years says SpaceIL founderMoscow (Sputnik) Nov 25, 2019 Although Israel's first privately funded mission to the Moon crashed on the lunar surface in April, Kfir Damari, co-founder of SpaceIL, a startup that developed the spacecraft, isn't giving up. Work ... more |
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 China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes work for 12th lunar day 
Physicists say industrial bread dough kneaders need a redesignWashington DC (UPI) Nov 27, 2019 New research suggests the design of industrial bread dough kneaders don't reflect the physics of bread making. ... more  |
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Animal embryos evolved before animalsBristol UK (SPX) Nov 28, 2019 Animals evolved from single-celled ancestors, before diversifying into 30 or 40 distinct anatomical designs. When and how animal ancestors made the transition from single-celled microbes to complex ... more 
Ultracold chemistry transforms observing chemical reactionsBoston MA (SPX) Nov 30, 2019 The coldest chemical reaction in the known universe took place in what appears to be a chaotic mess of lasers. The appearance deceives: Deep within that painstakingly organized chaos, in temperature ... more  
New observations help explain why sun's upper atmosphere is hotter than its surfaceWashington (UPI) Nov 18, 2019 Several observatories, both on Earth's surface and in space, are dedicated to solving the mysteries of the sun's heating mechanisms. ... more 
Life under extreme conditions at hot springs in the oceanKiel, Germany (SPX) Nov 22, 2019 The volcanic island of Kueishantao in northeastern Taiwan is an extreme habitat for marine organisms. With an active volcano, the coastal area has a unique hydrothermal field with a multitude of hot ... more 
Scientists find a place on Earth where there is no lifeMadrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 25, 2019 Living beings, especially microorganisms, have a surprising ability to adapt to the most extreme environments on our planet, but there are still places where they cannot live. European researchers h ... more |
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 Seattle WA (SPX) Nov 26, 2019 
The shrinking of the clouds of the Great Red Spot on Jupiter has been well documented with photographic evidence from the last decade. However, researchers said there is no evidence the vortex itself has changed in size or intensity.
Philip Marcus, from the University of California, Berkeley, will explain why the pictures from astronomers, both professionals and amateur, are not telling th ... more |
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 Bristol UK (SPX) Nov 28, 2019 
Animals evolved from single-celled ancestors, before diversifying into 30 or 40 distinct anatomical designs. When and how animal ancestors made the transition from single-celled microbes to complex multicellular organisms has been the focus of intense debate.
Until now, this question could only be addressed by studying living animals and their relatives, but now the research team has found ... more |
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 Edinburgh UK (SPX) Nov 28, 2019 
The search for evidence of life on Mars could be helped by fresh insights into ancient rocks on Earth.
Research which suggests that structures previously thought to be fossils may, in fact, be mineral deposits could save future Mars missions valuable time and resources.
Microscopic tubes and filaments that resemble the remains of tiny creatures may have been formed by chemical reacti ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 25, 2019 
The lander and rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have resumed work for the 12th lunar day on the far side of the moon after "sleeping" during the extremely cold night.
The lander woke up at 5:03 p.m. Thursday (Beijing Time), and the rover, Yutu-2 (Jade Rabbit-2), awoke at 0:51 a.m. the same day. Both are in normal working order, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the ... more |
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 Socorro NM (SPX) Nov 27, 2019 
This image of the "Whale Galaxy" (NGC 4631), made with the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), reveals hair-like filaments of the galaxy's magnetic field protruding above and below the galaxy's disk.
The spiral galaxy is seen edge-on, with its disk of stars shown in pink. The filaments, shown in green and blue, extend beyond the disk into the galaxy's exten ... more |
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 Taiyuan, China (SPX) Nov 30, 2019 
China sent a new Earth observation satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China's Shanxi Province at 7:52 a.m. Thursday (Beijing Time).
The satellite, Gaofen-12, was launched aboard a Long March-4C rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully. It was the 320th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.
As part of the country's high ... more |
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 Belfast UK (SPX) Nov 30, 2019 
A Queen's University Belfast researcher is calling on amateur astronomers to help with a European-wide mission helping to prevent future asteroid impacts.
Professor Alan Fitzsimmons from the Astrophysics Research Centre at Queen's is a senior mission advisor for the European Space Agency's (ESA) Hera spacecraft.
Hera is part of humanity's first deep space test of planetary defence ag ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Nov 28, 2019 
Strange ribbons of purple light that appeared in the sky - known as Steve - became the subject of debate in 2017, as their origins were unbeknown to scientists. Now, photographs of this remarkable phenomena have been studied to understand their exact position in the night sky.
Steve was first spotted by citizen scientists who posted photos of the unusual purple streaks of light in the Auro ... more |
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 Wuhan, China (XNA) Nov 22, 2019 
A Chinese company on Wednesday launched a satellite service platform to make satellite resources more accessible for users.
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), the platform's designer, announced the news at the 5th China (International) Commercial Aerospace Forum in Wuhan.
A common satellite operating business focuses on satellites rather than services, which ma ... more |
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Socorro NM (SPX) Nov 27, 2019
This image of the "Whale Galaxy" (NGC 4631), made with the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), reveals hair-like filaments of the galaxy's magnetic field protruding above and below the galaxy's disk.
The spiral galaxy is seen edge-on, with its disk of stars shown in pink. The filaments, shown in green and blue, extend beyond the disk into the galaxy's exten ... more |
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 Eindhoven, Netherlands (SPX) Nov 28, 2019 
Small populations, inbreeding, and random demographic fluctuations could have been enough to cause Neanderthal extinction, according to a study published November 27, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Krist Vaesen from Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands, and colleagues.
Paleoanthropologists agree that Neanderthals disappeared around 40,000 years ago - about the s ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 28, 2019 
None of the toilets at the International Space Station (ISS) are working, astronauts have to use "diapers", a NASA translation suggested Wednesday.
There are two toilets at the ISS, both Russian-made - one in the US module and another one in the Russian one.
In addition, there are toilets in Soyuz ships docked at the station but they are used when the ship is in flight and only rarel ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 27, 2019 
In the tiny part of Antarctica where the snow melts in springtime, mosses, lichens and grasses grow alongside flies, mites and colonies of micro-organisms that have fed and reproduced for millions of years.
The rich biodiversity is preserved by an ancient equilibrium of extreme cold and the isolation of a land mass surrounded by powerful ocean currents.
But scientists argue in a report p ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Nov 30, 2019 
Fiber-optic cables that constitute a global undersea telecommunications network could one day help scientists study offshore earthquakes and the geologic structures hidden deep beneath the ocean surface.
In a paper appearing this week in the journal Science, researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Monterey Bay Aquarium ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Oct 16, 2019 
Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have used a massive cluster of galaxies as an X-ray magnifying glass to peer back in time, to nearly 9.4 billion years ago. In the process, they spotted a tiny dwarf galaxy in its very first, high-energy stages of star formation.
While galaxy clusters have been used to magnify objects at optical wavelengths, this is the first time scientists have leveraged ... more |
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