Category: 2. Space
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Rocket Lab’s Neutron tapped for U.S. military cargo test
WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab’s next-generation Neutron rocket has been selected for an experimental U.S. Air Force mission to test rapid global cargo delivery capabilities, a milestone for the company as it pushes further into the…
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Astronomers Discover Black Hole Far from Galactic Center
What can wandering black holes teach scientists about the formation and evolution of black holes throughout the universe? This is what a recent study accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal…
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Validating the Orbital Periods of the Coolest TESS Planet Candidates
When an exoplanet passes in front of its host star, the resulting eclipse causes an observable decrease in stellar flux, and when multiple such transits are detected, the orbital period of the exoplanet can be determined. Over the past seven…
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Spot Distribution and Evolution on Two New Active Binaries Discovered in the YNHK Survey
The study on active binaries can provide detailed insights to understand how binarity affects dynamo actions inside stellar interiors. Here we report two active eclipsing binaries, USNO-B1.0 0743-0306638 and 0763-0282368, discovered in the…
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Stellar Populations and Molecular Gas Composition in the Low-metallicity Environment of WLM
We investigate the stellar populations and molecular gas properties of a star-forming region within the dwarf irregular (dIrr) galaxy Wolf–Lundmark–Mellote (WLM). Low-metallicity dIrrs like WLM offer a valuable window into star formation in…
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EFTE-SOAR: Two Giant M Dwarf Flares with Rapid Spectroscopic Follow-up
We present time-series optical spectroscopy of two stellar flares with complex multi-peaked light curves: a erg flare from an M8 ultra-cool dwarf, and a erg superflare from an M4 field star. Both flares were discovered by the Evryscope Fast…
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30 Minutes to the Top: Climbing the World’s Largest Telescope in the Atacama Desert
Beneath Chile’s brilliant skies, the ELT grows—an engineering giant ready to capture the secrets of the universe with the largest telescope mirror ever made. Framed by the golden light of sunset in Chile’s Atacama Desert, this image…
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German defense firm partners with Iceye to build SAR satellites
TAMPA, Fla. — German defense contractor Rheinmetall plans to start building synthetic aperture radar satellites next year with Finnish SAR constellation operator Iceye, amid Europe’s broader push to bolster military intelligence…
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This Star’s Fury Forged a Mountain of Gold – Here’s How
A star’s colossal flare has revealed an unexpected origin for some of the universe’s heaviest elements, including gold and platinum. In a stunning breakthrough, scientists linked a mysterious 2004 space signal to a magnetar flare that forged…
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