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Amateur astronomers and photographers from around Australia were invited to submit their out of this world photos for Central West Astronomical Society’s annual astrophotography competition, the David Malin awards. The winning images are now showing at the CSIRO’s Parkes Observatory visitors centre Source link

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed Planet Y. The planet has not been detected but merely inferred by the tilted orbits of some distant objects in the Kuiper Belt — a large ring …

The asteroid belt is found orbiting between Mars and Jupiter and is a vast collection of rocks that is thought to be a planet that never formed. When our Solar System formed 4.6 billion years ago, the material in this region should have coalesced into a planet, however, Jupiter’s gravitational influence prevented this from happening, stirring up the region so …

U.S. solar will pass wind in 2025 and leave coal in the dust soon after  pv magazine USA US added more coal capacity than wind in July: FERC  Utility Dive Why the White House is abandoning solar  The Washington Post Trump’s expansion of federal control hits solar developers  Reuters FERC: Solar + wind made up 90% of new US power generating capacity to July …

In 1977, the Ohio State University’s Big Ear radio telescope received an unusually strong narrowband radio signal, leading to widespread excitement about the possibility of having encountered evidence of life beyond Earth. At the time, astronomer Jerry Ehman spotted the highly unusual outburst in printed out records, annotating the major radio band fluctuation with the word “Wow!” in red pen, …

In 1977, the Ohio State University’s Big Ear radio telescope received an unusually strong narrowband radio signal, leading to widespread excitement about the possibility of having encountered evidence of life beyond Earth. At the time, astronomer Jerry Ehman spotted the highly unusual outburst in printed out records, annotating the major radio band fluctuation with the word “Wow!” in red pen, …

Scientists armed with the immense observing power of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have detected faint traces of fluorescent flatulence leaking out from the dwarf planet Makemake, which lurks in the outer reaches of the solar system. This is only the second time that a gas has been detected on an object this far from Earth, and hints that …

A massive comet traveling through the solar system is much larger than previously thought and could be a remnant of alien technology, a scientist claims in a new report. 3I/ATLAS was first identified in July by NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System. The U.S. space agency confirmed the object is an interstellar object – only the third such object to …

IN A NUTSHELL 🪐 The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is speeding through our solar system, intriguing astronomers with its rapid approach. ☀️ A coronal mass ejection from the Sun recently collided with 3I/ATLAS, leading to speculation about its effects. 🔭 Observations reveal a higher carbon dioxide to water ratio, adding mystery to 3I/ATLAS’s composition and origins. 🔍 Scientists are eager to …

This month, we’ve been running a sidebar survey about what losing the federal home solar tax credit means for Electrek readers and how it impacts their solar power plans. After receiving nearly two thousand responses, here’s what you told us. With the 30% federal home solar tax credit set to expire at the end of this year, homeowners everywhere are …