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Researchers reveal that meteorites could have given Earth building blocks
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Even as detailed images of distant galaxies from the James Webb Space Telescope show us more of the greater universe, scientists still disagree about how life began here on Earth. One hypothesis is that meteorites delivered amino acids life's building blocks to our planet. Now, researchers h
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NASA missions probe game-changing cosmic explosion
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
On Dec. 11, 2021, NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected a blast of high-energy light from the outskirts of a galaxy around 1 billion light-years away. The event has rattled scientists' understanding of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the most powerful ev
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This tiny, hidden galaxy provides a peek into the past
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Peeking out from behind the glare of a bright foreground star, astronomers have uncovered the most extraordinary example yet of a nearby galaxy with characteristics that are more like galaxies in the distant, early universe. Only 1,200 light-years across, the tiny galaxy HIPASS J1131-31 has
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Research: New analysis approach could help boost sensitivity of large tele
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers detail an analysis method that could improve telescopes at the Simons Observatory by evaluating their performance before installation. This is the first time the optical performance of a telescope has been confirmed prior to its deployment.
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Webb telescope reveals exoplanet atmosphere as never seen before
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New observations of WASP-39 b reveal a never-before-seen molecule in the atmosphere of a planet sulfur dioxide among other details.
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Team of scientists observe inner-most structure of quasar jet
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
An international team of scientists has observed the narrowing of a quasar jet for the first time by using a network of radio telescopes across the world. The results suggest that the narrowing of the jet is independent of the activity level of the galaxy which launched it.
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Elusive dusty inner region of distant galaxy: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
An international team of scientists has achieved the milestone of directly observing the long-sought, innermost dusty ring around a supermassive black hole, at a right angle to its emerging jet. Such a structure was thought to exist in the nucleus of galaxies but had been difficult to obs
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Research: 2400 new eyes on the sky to view cosmic rainbows
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Subaru Telescope successfully demonstrated engineering first light with a new instrument that will use about 2400 fiberoptic cables to capture the light from heavenly objects. Full operation is scheduled to start around 2024. The ability to observe thousands of objects simultaneously wil
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Oldest star clusters in universe revealed
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The James Webb Telescope has been used by a group of Canadian astronomers, including specialists from the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics in the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto, to identify the most distant globular clusters ever found.
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UP CM witnesses partial solar eclipse with telescopes, special glasses
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In addition to observing the celestial event with telescopes and special glasses, he took information from scientists about the eclipse's frequency, timing and planets.
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NASA's Webb takes star-filled portrait of pillars of creation
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 21 (ANI): NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a lush, highly detailed landscape the iconic Pillars of Creation where new stars are forming within dense clouds of gas and dust. The three-dimensional pillars look like majestic rock formations but are far mor
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Scientists discover swirling galaxies unite around red quasar in 'monster'
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 21 (ANI): Using the James Webb Space Telescope to look back in time at the early universe, astronomers discovered a surprise: a cluster of galaxies merging together around a rare red quasar within a massive black hole. The findings offer an unprecedented opportunity
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