The asteroid impact that triggered the extinction of the dinosaurs may also have created one of Earth’s most enduring habitats for life.
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A new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope shows the Messier 88 (M88) galaxy, also known as NGC 4501, in all of its swirling glory.
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Using just a pen and paper, a team of scientists has calculated how space and time could crystallize to form tiny black holes.
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Astronomers have discovered a distant quasar powered by a feeding supermassive black hole blasting out winds at record-breaking speeds for such an outflow seen in ultraviolet light, traveling at 30% the speed of light.
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Above a certain threshold, galaxies stop growing , no matter how much raw material they have on hand. The question is: what flips the switch?
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Scientists have proposed a spacecraft-based system to actively strengthen Earth’s magnetic shield and reduce the impact of powerful solar storms.
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Using the James Webb Space Telescope, and with a little help from Einstein, astronomers have “weighed” a sleeping giant, a dormant supermassive black hole located a staggering 10 billion light-years away.
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“From orbit, volcanoes are some of the most beautiful natural sights.”
The Magellanic Clouds are a pair of dwarf galaxies passing the Milky Way probably for the first time, but as they move they have been interacting with each other for billions of years.
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After searching for 50 years, astronomers have finally discovered powerful winds blowing from Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy.
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