Conventional physics quickly gets messy in an irregular world, according to Harvard scientists who found a few new surprises while tackling an old problem: what happens when a ball rolls downhill.
L. Mahadevan, a…
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Toponium Found By CMS! | Science 2.0
The highest-mass subnuclear particle ever observed used to the the top quark. Measured for the first time by the CDF experiment in 1994, and subsequently confirmed by CDF and D0 in 1995, the top quark is the heaviest elementary particle we…Continue Reading
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Webb telescope documents alien planet's death plunge into a star – Reuters
- Webb telescope documents alien planet’s death plunge into a star Reuters
- This star burped after eating a planet — but the planet was really asking for it Yahoo
- JWST Spots Remains of Alien Planet That Fell into a Star Scientific American
- A star…
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SpaceX gears up for second launch this week from Vandenberg SFB
For the second time this week, SpaceX is set to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The NROL-192 mission has a launch time of 5:25 a.m. Saturday, April 12, from SLC-4E. If the Falcon 9 does not liftoff at that time, crews will try again…
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Israeli astrophysicist cracks black hole secrets with elite NASA fellowship: This wee
Theoretical astrophysicist Dr. Itai Linial has been awarded a prestigious NASA fellowship through the Edwin Hubble Astrophysics Fellowship Program, making him one of 24 young researchers selected this year. Linial, currently based in New York for…Continue Reading
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Watch April’s Full Pink ‘micromoon’ rise this weekend with a free telescope livestream
The farthest, smallest and faintest full moon of the year rises this weekend — and you can watch it live online.
April’s full moon — also called the Pink Moon, or Paschal Moon — rises Saturday (April 12) and peaks at 8:22 p.m. EDT (0022 GMT…
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China’s 2028 Moon Mission Will Forge Bricks From Lunar Soil to Build Future Bases
China is preparing to take a major step toward off-Earth construction with a mission that could change the future of lunar exploration. As detailed in a recent report by Space.com, the Chang’e 8 mission, scheduled for 2028, aims to test the…
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Astronomers Think They've Found the Universe's Missing Infrared Light – Universe Today
- Astronomers Think They’ve Found the Universe’s Missing Infrared Light Universe Today
- ‘Hidden galaxies’ could be smoking gun in universe riddle Phys.org
- “Hidden galaxies” discovery would upend our current understanding of the universe Earth.com
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Fram2 crew discuss first human mission to orbit Earth’s poles
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The first four humans to orbit Earth’s poles are sharing their experiences from their historic mission. In a discussion with NSF, the crew of Fram2 provided insight into their groundbreaking mission and what it’s like to view Earth…
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A gravitational war next door: The Large Magellanic Cloud is gradually destroying the Small Magellanic Cloud
Two dwarf galaxies are waging war in the vicinity of our Milky Way and it looks like there is only one possible victor.
Using tips from the star-tracking Gaia spacecraft, scientists examined the motions of massive stars in the Small Magellanic…
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