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Secrets Of The Strange Stars That Circle Our Supermassive Black Hole

Friday, July 27th 2018 09:14 AM

High winds are the norm at the center of the Milky Way. Astronomers have now clocked suns orbiting the galactic core at a staggering 3,000 miles (4,800 kilometers) per second. At this rate, Earth would complete its orbit around the sun in a mere three days. What lurks at the galaxy’s core that can accelerate stars to such speeds?Astronomers have considered various possibilities. Does the...

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Dust on Mars Likely Comes From Massive Volcanic Deposit

Thursday, July 26th 2018 10:14 AM

  As luck would have it, Mars will remain engulfed in a colossal dust storm as it reaches opposition on July 27. The viewing conditions might be abysmal, but astronomers can at least take solace in a long-awaited Martian mystery being solved — where all of this dust is coming from.New research published in the journal Nature Communications revealed tha...

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Liquid Water on Mars! Really for Real This Time (Probably)

Wednesday, July 25th 2018 09:12 AM

Liquid water on Mars? Again? Yes, again. The announcement came at a press briefing held by the Italian Space Agency in Rome, concerning a paper published today in Science. How is today's water-on-Mars hoopla different from all of the past announcements? In brief: the evidence is from a new instrument, examining a new location on Mars, and it's the first place we've seen evidence for a p...

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Using binoculars

Friday, July 27th 2018 09:15 AM

Ask someone what equipment they need to start exploring the night sky and, 99 times out of 100, they'll fire back "telescope" as the answer. Although a telescope may seem the logical choice, there's an alternative that in many respects works better. Binoculars are highly versatile instruments that can reveal craters on the Moon, moons orbiting Jupiter, Milky Way starfields, and even other gala...

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Supermassive Black Hole Caught Sucking Energy From Nearby Starlight

Thursday, July 26th 2018 10:12 AM

Astronomers have long had their eye on a group of stars that precariously circles just outside the supermassive black hole at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. And, in a discovery announced by the European Southern Observatory on Thursday, scientists say they’ve finally spotted one of these stars as it travels through the black hole’s gravitational field. It’s the first test o...

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Red Moon Meets Red Planet in Longest Total Lunar Eclipse of the Century

Wednesday, July 25th 2018 09:10 AM

104 minutes. That's the length of the longest lunar totality of the 21st century. And it happens Friday, July 27th, when the Moon creeps into Earth's umbra like some thief in the night. If my dad were still alive, he'd probably watch for 10 minutes and be done with it. "Enough's enough," he'd say. But for his son and fellow skywatchers, staring down the length of Earth's shadow is never a waste...

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