Category: Astronomy
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Amino acid found in the atmosphere of Venus
Amino acids are considered to be prime ingredients in chemistry, leading to life. Glycine is the simplest amino acid and most commonly found in animal proteins. It is a glucogenic and non-essential amino acid that is produced naturally by the living body and plays a key role in the creation of several other important bio-compounds…
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Peculiar planetary system architecture around three Orion stars explained
Peculiar planetary system architecture around three Orion stars explained Not only has the discovery of eoxplanets throughout our galaxy provided a host of new worlds for astronomers to catalogue and observe, but also thrown up new challenges about their formation. New work published in Science by an international team including Carnegie’s Jaehan Bae could explain…
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The First Gamma-Ray Pulsar Confirmed by the People
The First Gamma-Ray Pulsar Confirmed by the People Gamma ray pulars werep discovered a little while ago, and in onepone family, the spider pulsar, it accretes or gains matter from a nearby companion star in much the same way some spiders eat their mates. In this “Black Widow” type of spider pulsar the…
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How quarantine has inspired new amateur astronomers
How quarantine has inspired new amateur astronomers (some who wouldn’t mind an alien abduction) No surprises that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought out the inner astronomer in many folks. Maybe one of the few silver linings to this wretched thing. Source: www.salon.com/2020/08/16/amateur-astronomy-trend-pandemic-comet-neowise/
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CSIRO Parkes radio telescope added to National Heritage List – CSIRO
The iconic Parkes radio telescope, otherwise known as The Dish, has been officially recognised for its contribution to Australian astronomy and humankind’s understanding of the Universe with its addition to the National Heritage List. Source: www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2020/CSIRO-Parkes-radio-telescope-added-to-National-Heritage-List
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“Stellar archaeology” reveals remnant of ancient globular cluster that’s “the last of its kind”
“Stellar archaeology” reveals remnant of ancient globular cluster that’s “the last of its kind” A team of astronomers including Carnegie’s Ting Li and Alexander Ji discovered a stellar stream composed of the remnants of an ancient globular cluster that was torn apart by the Milky Way’s gravity 2 billion years ago, when Earth’s…
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NASA Jupiter probe images huge moon Ganymede like never before
NASA Jupiter probe images huge moon Ganymede like never before (photos) NASA’s Juno Jupiter probe has captured unprecedented views of the largest moon in the solar system. During a close flyby of Jupiter on Dec. 26, 2019, Juno mapped the north polar regions of the icy satellite Ganymede in infrared light, something no…
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Completes Comprehensive Systems Test
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Completes Comprehensive Systems Test Are we getting close to the launch of the James Webb Space telescopes? Now that NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has been assembled into its final form, testing teams seized the unique opportunity to perform a critical software and electrical analysis on the entire…
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Neowise Comet C/2020 F3 Can Be Seen With Naked Eye
Neowise Comet C/2020 F3 Can Be Seen With Naked Eye Just in time as a follow up from our recent podcast on comets – here’s a new one! Neowise comet can be seen from Earth without a telescope A rare celestial sight for people across the world at the moment – a comet…
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Australian Space Agency funds locally-designed space suits
Australian Space Agency funds locally-designed space suits Congratulations to Mars Society Australia member, Dr James Waldie for receiving funding from the Australia Space Agency to help develop the next generation of space suits in a major international collaboration involving NASA and the European Space Agency. The $844,000 Australian Space Agency grant will develop three types…
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eROSITA X-Ray Telescope Captures Hot, Energetic Universe
eROSITA X-Ray Telescope Captures Hot, Energetic Universe | Astronomy | Sci-News.com A new all-sky image from the eROSITA X-ray telescope onboard the Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) space observatory contains over one million objects, about half of which are new to astronomers. It shows the structure of hot gas in the Milky Way itself, and the…
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ESOblog: Twinkle, twinkle little star, but not on our watch
ESOblog: Twinkle, twinkle little star, but not on our watch Great blog article from the ESO on adaptive optics – mechanical systems to deform the shape of a mirror to take into account disturbances in the Earth’s atmosphere. The same sort of disturbances that cause stars to “twinkle”. Astronomers have turned to a method…