Using stretches of fibre optic cables as sensors could enable continuous, real-time monitoring of conditions at the bottom of oceans and seas, and below the planets surface, researchers say. Despite… [+2293 chars]
ByESA/HubbleMay 30, 2022 Hubble Space Telescope image of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 7496, which lies over 24 million light-years away in the constellation Grus. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. L… [+2279 chars]
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Fifty years after it was launched to Venus by the Soviets, a probe could crash on Earth after failing to get out of the planet's orbit. The probe dubbed Kosmos 482, renamed after it failed post-launc… [+3668 chars]
Kepler-452b (sometimes nicknamed Earth 2.0 or Earth's Cousin) is an exoplanet orbiting the Sun-like ... [+] star Kepler-452 about 1, 400 light-years (430 pc) from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. I… [+6833 chars]
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Astronomers have uncovered the first solid evidence that merger events between black holes can deliver a "kick" powerful enough to send a black hole spinning out of its galaxy. The team, which inclu… [+6025 chars]
Annas hummingbird (Calypte anna). New research shows that hummingbirds would struggle to cope if climate changes drives them to much higher elevations. Any animal ascending a mountain experiences a … [+4336 chars]
NASAs Hubble Space Telescope has captured images of two spiral galaxies, which are collectively known as Arp 303. Individually, they are called IC 563 (bottom) and IC 564 (top) are more than 275 mill… [+1365 chars]
The discoveries of exoplanets in recent years have been absolutely extraordinary, and they could relatively soon be reached by our technology. At Cape Canaveral in Florida, on April 18, 2018 at 6:51p… [+13169 chars]
A meteor shower is expected to light up the skies in various parts of the United States and some other countries on the intervening night of May 30 and 31, astronomers have predicted.According to Spa… [+2893 chars]
An artist's depiction of superclusters in the universe. (Image credit: Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library) Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUNY Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of… [+5510 chars]
