NASA’s skywatching tips for December include a meteor shower
NASA’s monthly skywatching update includes a parade of planets, some winter stars, and a meteor shower.
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SETI tracks distorted signals from distant pulsars with data from destroyed Arecibo Observatory
Read more: SETI tracks distorted signals from distant pulsars with data from destroyed Arecibo ObservatoryYears after the collapse of the Arecebo telescope data from the radio observatory has helped SETI scientists probe the characteristics of pulsars, cosmic lighthouses powered by dead stars. …
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Hubble Telescope peeks at star with planet-forming disk that gets 3 times hotter than the sun
Read more: Hubble Telescope peeks at star with planet-forming disk that gets 3 times hotter than the sunScientists used the Hubble Space Telescope to observe a star with a planet-forming disk that gets to absolutely scorching temperatures. …
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Why the highly-anticipated ‘new star’ has yet to pop up in the night sky
Read more: Why the highly-anticipated ‘new star’ has yet to pop up in the night skyAstronomers explain why the highly-anticipated “guest star” has not appeared in the night sky yet.
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Dead stars within supernova explosions could solve the dark matter mystery in 10 seconds
Read more: Dead stars within supernova explosions could solve the dark matter mystery in 10 secondsIf astronomers could catch bursts of gamma rays from supernova explosions that create neutron stars near the Milky Way, the mystery of dark matter could be wrapped up in 10 seconds. …
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NASA, JAXA XRISM Mission Looks Deeply Into ‘Hidden’ Stellar System
Read more: NASA, JAXA XRISM Mission Looks Deeply Into ‘Hidden’ Stellar SystemThe Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory has captured the most detailed portrait yet of gases flowing within Cygnus X-3, one of the most studied sources in the X-ray sky. Cygnus X-3 is a binary that pairs a rare type of high-mass star with a compact companion — likely a black hole. “The…
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Ring Around Tabby’s Star
Read more: Ring Around Tabby’s StarThis Oct. 4, 2017, illustration shows a hypothetical uneven ring of dust orbiting KIC 8462852, also known as Boyajian’s Star or Tabby’s Star. The star has experienced unusual dips in brightness over a matter of days, as well as much subtler but longer-term dimming trends. Scientists proposed several explanations for this unexpected behavior, ranging from…
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Ring Around Tabby’s Star
Read more: Ring Around Tabby’s StarThis Oct. 4, 2017, illustration shows a hypothetical uneven ring of dust orbiting KIC 8462852, also known as Boyajian’s Star or Tabby’s Star. The star has experienced unusual dips in brightness over a matter of days, as well as much subtler but longer-term dimming trends. Scientists proposed several explanations for this unexpected behavior, ranging from…
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NASA’s Hubble Finds Sizzling Details About Young Star FU Orionis
Read more: NASA’s Hubble Finds Sizzling Details About Young Star FU OrionisIn 1936, astronomers saw a puzzling event in the constellation Orion: the young star FU Orionis (FU Ori) became a hundred times brighter in a matter of months. At its peak, FU Ori was intrinsically 100 times brighter than our Sun. Unlike an exploding star though, it has declined in luminosity only languidly since then.…
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NASA’s Hubble Finds Sizzling Details About Young Star FU Orionis
Read more: NASA’s Hubble Finds Sizzling Details About Young Star FU OrionisIn 1936, astronomers saw a puzzling event in the constellation Orion: the young star FU Orionis (FU Ori) became a hundred times brighter in a matter of months. At its peak, FU Ori was intrinsically 100 times brighter than our Sun. Unlike an exploding star though, it has declined in luminosity only languidly since then.…
