No one has to be reminded that we’re living at a dangerous time, and across Europe, leaders are scrambling to find the money to strengthen the bloc’s defenses. The continent’s defense startups are increasingly playing their part….
Category: 2. Space
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Astronomers Catch Planets in the Act of Being Born
A fascinating glimpse into how a solar system like our own is born has been revealed with the detection of planet-forming ‘pebbles’ around two young stars.
These seeds to make new worlds are thought to gradually clump together over time, in much…
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Sound of The Big Bang Suggests Our Galaxy Floats Inside a Void : ScienceAlert
Sound waves ‘fossilized’ in the arrangements of galaxies across the Universe support the theory that the Milky Way galaxy floats adrift in a giant void in space.
If this is the case, we could be teetering at the brink of solving one of the…
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A new approach to space diplomacy: Hard-hitting calculations outweigh foreign-policy considerations
When Canadian and European Space Agency leaders reaffirmed their commitment to work together in June, leaders focused their public remarks primarily on shared exploration goals and decades of fruitful partnership.
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Ice in a million-degree Fermi bubble reveals the Milky Way’s recent eruption
Researchers have found clouds of cold gas embedded deep within larger, superheated gas clouds — or Fermi bubbles — at the Milky Way’s center. The finding challenges current models of Fermi bubble formation and reveals that the bubbles are much…
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Mysterious 'Dark Dwarfs' may be hiding at the heart of the Milky Way
A new kind of cosmic object could help solve one of the universe’s greatest mysteries: dark matter.
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Synspective signs multi-launch agreement with Exolaunch
TOKYO — Synspective, a Japanese company developing a radar imaging constellation, has signed an agreement with Exolaunch to launch 10 of the company’s satellites.
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Dying Star’s Strangled Jets Solve 50-Year-Old X-Ray Mystery : ScienceAlert
Jets that failed to punch through the outer shell of a dying star are the sources of mysterious X-ray flashes that have puzzled astronomers for decades.
A new study of a star undergoing the throes of a supernova death has revealed that bursts…
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Hubble’s Warped Wonderland: Abell 209 Bends Space and Unmasks Dark Matter
Hubble’s latest portrait zooms into Abell 209, a colossal galaxy cluster 2.8 billion light-years away whose gravity bends spacetime itself. Beyond the glittering hundred-plus galaxies lies an invisible stew of X-ray-hot gas and dark matter that…
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Harvard Scientists Grow Algae in Mars-Like Conditions, Paving Way for Space Habitats
Researchers show algae can grow in Mars-like atmospheric pressure conditions. If humans are ever to establish permanent settlements beyond Earth, they will need to build habitable structures. However, transporting large quantities of industrial…
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