Category: 1. Edi-Choice
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Astronomers Uncover Possibly the Largest Black Hole: It ‘Bends Light into a Giant Einstein Ring’
The Cosmic Horseshoe gravitational lens: The newly discovered ultramassive blackhole lies at the centre of the orange galaxy. Far behind it is a blue galaxy that is being warped into the horseshoe shaped ring by distortions in spacetime… -
Is astronomy safe from organized scientific fraud?
Astronomy and space sciences have mostly avoided the fraudulent practices of paper mills and predatory journals, but that might be about to change, warn the authors of a new report that delves into the ugly machinations of criminal organizations…
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‘Ice cube’ clouds discovered at the galaxy’s center shouldn’t exist — and they hint at a recent black hole explosion
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The Fermi bubbles are two enormous orbs of gas and cosmic rays that tower over the Milky Way, covering a region roughly as large as the galaxy…
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Space Rock That Punched Through Roof Almost Struck Resident – The New York Times
- Space Rock That Punched Through Roof Almost Struck Resident The New York Times
- Meteorite that punched a hole through Georgia roof may be older than Earth itself Space
- Meteorite that hit home is older than Earth, scientists say BBC
- Tiny fireball…
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Astronomers find bizarre ‘Cosmic Grapes’ galaxy in the early universe. Here’s why that’s a big deal (photo)
A distant galaxy appears to have more than a dozen tightly packed star-forming clumps arranged like a bunch of grapes — far more than astronomers thought possible in a galaxy from the early universe.
The galaxy, nicknamed “Cosmic Grapes,” is…
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Two of Earth’s Major Continents Are Heading for Collision—And It’s Happening Faster Than Predicted!
Australia is on an inevitable path toward a collision with Asia, and the pace of this continental drift is happening faster than many might expect. According to Curtin University’s Professor Zheng-Xiang Li, this tectonic movement is not merely…
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When, where and how to catch a glimpse
Maddie MolloyClimate and science reporter
Getty ImagesStargazers will soon be treated to what could be one of the year’s most dazzling displays, with the Perseid meteor shower reaching its peak on Monday and Tuesday nights.
The shower lights up the…
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Mars orbiter looks deep into chasms and valleys on the Martian surface
For more than 20 years, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Mars Express orbiter has been imaging the surface of the Red Planet. One region, in particular, continues to fascinate the Mars Express team, known as Acheron Fossae. A new…
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Why does Jeff Bezos keep buying launches from Elon Musk?
Early Monday morning, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from its original launch site in Florida. Remarkably, it was SpaceX’s 100th launch of the year.
Perhaps even more notable was the rocket’s…
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