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Big Baby
At this moment, in the constellation Taurus, a planet is forming in the dust and debris surrounding the star HL Tau. The protoplanet, named HL Tau b, may be the youngest yet discovered.Greaves,...
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Radio Telescopes Turn The Moon Into World's Largest Neutrino Detector
courtesy of NASANeutrino Detector?Neutrinos, the infinitesimally small particles so faint physicists used to call them "the ghost particle," have driven scientists to construct immense underground...
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Pair of Telescopes Captures Supermassive Black Hole Eruption
NASA/Chandra ObservatoryM87 Black Hole EruptionAt the heart of M87, the Virgo A galaxy, is one of the biggest black holes ever seen — about 6 billion times more massive than the sun. Scientists working...
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The Strongest Electrical Current in the Universe Spotted, 2 Billion Light...
Philipp P. Kronberg, Richard V.E. Lovelace, Giovanni Lapenta, Stirling A. Colgate via arXivGalaxy 3C303, Keeping CurrentGenerated from a Very Large Array image, this image shows the huge jet of current...
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Eavesdrop on Nearby Galaxies at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory
John B. CarnettNational Radio Astronomy ObservatoryOf the 25 to 30 research assistants accepted at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory each year, some are stationed at the Charlottesville,...
View ArticleThe Very Large Array Wants You To Rename It
New Mexico's Very Large Array, a giant radio telescope observatory which took a PopSci largeness prize recently, is named in a fine tradition of utilitarian monikers like the European Extremely Large...
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Technology The miracle of life—520 light-years away At this moment, in the constellation Taurus, a planet is forming in the dust and debris surrounding the star HL Tau. The protoplanet, named HL Tau b,...
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Radio Telescopes Turn The Moon Into World's Largest Neutrino Detector
Technology Neutrinos, the infinitesimally small particles so faint physicists used to call them "the ghost particle," have driven scientists to construct immense underground facilities… Neutrinos, the...
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Pair of Telescopes Captures Supermassive Black Hole Eruption
Science At the heart of M87, the Virgo A galaxy, is one of the biggest black holes ever seen — about 6 billion times more massive than the sun. Scientists working with the Chandra… At the heart of...
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The Strongest Electrical Current in the Universe Spotted, 2 Billion Light...
Technology Looking for a source of renewable electricity? Researchers at the University of Toronto have found some serious current emanating from a huge cosmic jet 2 billion light years… Looking for a...
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Eavesdrop on Nearby Galaxies at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Technology Careers: Astronomer, astrophysicist Of the 25 to 30 research assistants accepted at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory each year, some are stationed at the Charlottesville, Virginia,...
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The Very Large Array Wants You To Rename It
Technology New Mexico's Very Large Array, a giant radio telescope observatory which took a PopSci largeness prize recently, is named in a fine tradition of utilitarian monikers like the… New Mexico's...
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