Researchers deploy airborne telescope to probe solar corona mysteries
An international team will utilize an Irish Air Corps aircraft to capture high-resolution data on the Sun’s magnetic field during the upcoming total solar eclipse.
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Space
Charting the observable universe — and the capital, instruments, and institutions racing to measure it.
Cygnus X-3 Confirmed as Milky Way’s First Super-PeVatron
New observations from the LHAASO observatory reveal that a binary star system accelerates particles to energies thirty times higher than previously thought possible.
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Astronomers Confirm Binary Nature of Red Supergiant Betelgeuse
New imaging data from the Very Large Telescope reveals a stellar companion orbiting the famous red supergiant, fundamentally altering models of its evolutionary path.
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eROSITA Data Release 2 Reveals Two Million X-ray Sources
The second eROSITA data release provides a comprehensive census of the X-ray sky, finally identifying the stellar populations responsible for the Milky Way’s mysterious ridge glow.
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Webb Telescope Resolves the Mystery of Ancient Little Red Dots
New research confirms that the enigmatic objects observed in the early universe are supermassive black holes in a phase of rapid growth, rather than evidence of new physics.
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Astronomers Confirm Stellar Companion Orbiting Red Supergiant Betelgeuse
New imaging data from the Very Large Telescope has identified a faint companion star orbiting Betelgeuse, resolving a long-standing mystery in stellar evolution.
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Astronomers Confirm Detection of Companion Star Orbiting Betelgeuse
New observations from the Very Large Telescope reveal a massive companion orbiting the red supergiant, ending a century of speculation regarding the star’s nature.
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Primordial Black Holes May Act as Triggers for Type Ia Supernovae
New research suggests that invisible primordial black holes could be responsible for triggering certain white dwarf explosions, leaving distinct chemical signatures in the Milky Way.
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Physicists Identify Magnetic Origin of Low-Energy Gamma-Ray Enhancement
Researchers at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams have resolved a long-standing mystery regarding gamma-ray emissions in atomic nuclei.
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Astronomers Confirm Atmosphere on Rocky Exoplanet LHS 1140 b
The detection of escaping helium on a distant rocky world provides new evidence that terrestrial planets can maintain stable atmospheres in habitable zones.
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