Astronomy as a strategic driver for sustainable development
Category: 2. Space
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Astronomy as a strategic driver for sustainable development
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A high mutual inclination system around KOI-134 revealed by transit timing variations
Rivera, E. J. et al. The Lick-Carnegie Exoplanet Survey: a Uranus-mass fourth planet for GJ 876 in an extrasolar Laplace configuration. Astrophys. J. 719, 890–899 (2010).
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Formation of Mercury by a grazing giant collision involving similar-mass bodies
Peplowski, P. N. et al. Radioactive elements on Mercury’s surface from MESSENGER: implications for the planet’s formation and evolution. Science 333, 1850–1852 (2011).
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Interstellar Polarization Survey. V. Galactic Magnetic Field Tomography of the Spiral Arms Using Optical and Near-infrared Starlight Polarization
Interstellar linear polarization occurs when starlight passes through elongated dust grains aligned by interstellar magnetic fields. The observed polarization can come from different dust structures along the line of sight (LOS). By combining…
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Five New Sirius-like White Dwarf–Main-sequence Star Systems with MagAO-X
Most known white dwarfs in multiple systems with main-sequence stars have been discovered with M-type companions, because the white dwarf causes detectable UV excess and bluer colors than expected from a single M star. Surveys have shown that the…
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Pentagon to consider SpaceX alternative for Space Force satellite program
WASHINGTON — The Department of the Air Force is reconsidering its procurement of satellites for a low Earth orbit military constellation, pausing funding for the program in fiscal year 2026 while examining whether SpaceX’s Starshield…
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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4580-4581: Something in the Air…
Written by Scott VanBommel, Planetary Scientist at Washington University in St. Louis
Earth planning date: Monday, June 23, 2025
Curiosity was back at work on Monday, with a full slate of activities planned. While summer has…
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