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Astronomers Just Found Life’s Building Blocks in a Distant Star’s Baby Disk

Astronomers Just Found Life’s Building Blocks in a Distant Star’s Baby Disk

Astronomers have detected a variety of complex organic molecules (COMs) in the protoplanetary disk surrounding a young star, offering compelling new clues about the chemical roots of life. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a team led by Abubakar Fadul of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) identified 17 complex compounds in the disk of V883 Orionis. Organic …

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NASA’s Hubble Spots Blinding Explosion in a Distant Spiral Galaxy – SciTechDaily

NASA’s Hubble Spots Blinding Explosion in a Distant Spiral Galaxy  SciTechDaily Hubble Spies Swirling Spiral  NASA Science (.gov) 6 beautiful images captured by NASA’s Hubble Space telescope  The Economic Times Hubble photographs a galaxy with a supernova in the constellation Hydra  Universe Space Tech 8 Very Beautiful Images Universe Taken By NASA Hubble Space Telescope  Times Now Source link

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Rogue black hole found terrorizing unfortunate star in distant galaxy

Rogue black hole found terrorizing unfortunate star in distant galaxy

A rogue, middle-mass black hole has been spotted disrupting an orbiting star in the halo of a distant galaxy, and it’s all thanks to the observing powers of the Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory. However, exactly what the black hole is doing to the star remains in question as there are conflicting X-ray measurements. Black holes come in …

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Neptune Dances in Sync With a Rare Distant Object, Astronomers Find

Neptune Dances in Sync With a Rare Distant Object, Astronomers Find

For lovers of newly identified space objects, July has indeed been an exciting month. Last week, astronomers described Ammonite, a potential dwarf planet beyond Pluto. Yesterday, astronomers announced the existence of BetelBuddy, a small companion star orbiting Betelgeuse. And now we have another exciting discovery to share. In a Planetary Science Journal paper published earlier this month, astronomers with the …

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Astronomers Reveal Supersonic, Tangled Filaments in Distant Gas Cloud

Astronomers Reveal Supersonic, Tangled Filaments in Distant Gas Cloud

A team of astronomers, led by researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO), has uncovered an unexpected and intricate network of tangled, supersonic filaments within a very-high-velocity cloud (VHVC) named G165. This cloud, moving at 300 kilometers per second and located approximately 50,000 light-years from Earth, offers a unique glimpse into the early stages of interstellar cloud formation. Published in …

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See the Moon Team Up With Two Distant Planets

See the Moon Team Up With Two Distant Planets

On the night of July 15, a striking conjunction of the moon, Saturn, and Neptune will unfold in the eastern sky, offering stargazers across the United States a chance to witness three celestial bodies clustered tightly together. As reported by Space.com, the event places all three within just a few degrees of each other — a rare optical alignment that …

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