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Astronomy
Hubble Data: Disparity in Hubble Constant Calculations Is Not A Fluke
Hubble’s measurements of today’s expansion rate do not match the rate that was expected based on…
Hubble Data: Disparity in Hubble Constant Calculations Is Not A Fluke
Hubble's measurements of today's expansion rate do not match the rate that was expected based on…
What a dying star’s ashes tell us about the birth of our solar system
A grain of dust forged in the death throes of a long-gone star was discovered by…
Spinning black hole sprays light-speed plasma clouds into space
Astronomers have discovered rapidly swinging jets coming from a black hole almost 8000 light-years from Earth.
Swan EGGs in the sky: Astronomers conduct radio observations of free-floating evaporating gas globules in Cygnus OB2
Using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), astronomers have carried out radio observations of the so-called…
Soon-to-be world’s most sensitive gamma ray observatory launches its first set of detectors
China's Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) launched its first set of detectors on April…
Astrophysicists simulate the sounds of stars to reveal their secrets
Sound may not be able to travel through the vacuum of space.
Image: Hubble snaps a crowded cluster
This sparkling burst of stars is Messier 75. It is a globular cluster: a spherical collection…
Barfing neutron stars reveal their inner guts
We don't really understand neutron stars. Oh, we know that they are – they're the leftover…