Astronomers Have Detected The Closest Black Hole to Earth. Thankfully, It's Tiny
Astronomers think they have discovered a tiny black hole, with a mass so small it places it in an exclusive category. Best of all, it's excitingly close by.
Roughly 1,500 light-years from our own planet, in a Milky Way constellation known as Monoceros, this is the closest black hole candidate to our planet scientists have yet had the fortune to find.
The team at Ohio State University have named it the Unicorn - a hat tip to the black hole's home and its exceedingly rare nature.
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Astronomers think they have discovered a tiny black hole, with a mass so small it places it in an exclusive category. Best of all, it's excitingly close by.
Roughly 1,500 light-years from our own planet, in a Milky Way constellation known as Monoceros, this is the closest black hole candidate to our planet scientists have yet had the fortune to find.
The team at Ohio State University have named it the Unicorn - a hat tip to the black hole's home and its exceedingly rare nature.
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Astronomers Have Detected The Closest Black Hole to Earth. Thankfully, It's Tiny
Astronomers think they have discovered a tiny black hole, with a mass so small it places it in an exclusive category. Best of all, it's excitingly close by.
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Astronauts are about to launch on a used rocket, inside a used spacecraft
This Crew-2 mission is scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center at 09:49 UTC on Friday. Weather conditions appear favourable, but if there is an issue SpaceX, has a backup opportunity on Monday at 08:48 UTC
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This Crew-2 mission is scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center at 09:49 UTC on Friday. Weather conditions appear favourable, but if there is an issue SpaceX, has a backup opportunity on Monday at 08:48 UTC
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Astronauts safely launch into orbit on a used rocket [Updated]
For a few days, 2 Crew Dragons will be docked to the space station.
Astronomers Trace Wild 22-Million-Year Journey of a Meteorite That Crashed to Earth
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Astronomers Trace Wild 22-Million-Year Journey of a Meteorite That Crashed to Earth
The asteroid 2018 LA crashed into Earth in the Kalahari Desert on 2 June 2018 – and now scientists have been able to trace it back 22 million years to the place where it originated from.
A Record-Breaking Flare Has Erupted From The Closest Star to Our Solar System
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A Record-Breaking Flare Has Erupted From The Closest Star to Our Solar System
Two years ago, our star's next door neighbor – Proxima Centauri – got a little emotional. It happens from time to time, only this time, the small red star really let go. A storm of fury that breaks its previous records, outdoing anything our ow
We May Finally Understand How The Tangled Proteins in Dementia Cause Cells to Die
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We May Finally Understand How The Tangled Proteins in Dementia Cause Cells to Die
Alzheimer's is a deadly, devastating disease, as frightening for people faced with the condition as it is challenging for scientists studying it. Now, scientists have made a small but promising discovery about a well-known culprit behind Alzheimer'
The Brutal Isolation of Space Can't Be Matched on Earth. But One Place Comes Close
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The Brutal Isolation of Space Can't Be Matched on Earth. But One Place Comes Close
Space and humans are not a perfect mix. Scientists are continually discovering new kinds of health risks associated with space, related to how factors like microgravity and cosmic radiation affect our bones and organs, and more besides.
Plastics Can Be Broken Down in to Fuel, And We Just Found a Great Method For It
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Plastics Can Be Broken Down Into Fuel, And We Just Found a Great Method For It
If you didn't know already, we have bad news – the plastic recycling industry is severely under-performing. Only 9 percent of plastic waste ever produced has been recycled. Around 12 percent has been burnt, leaving 79 percent of all plastic eve
Breathtaking New Hubble Image Shows a Giant Star on The Brink of Annihilation
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Breathtaking New Hubble Image Shows a Giant Star on The Brink of Annihilation
The spectacle of space has our jaws constantly dropping, and the picture that was just released to celebrate 31 years of the Hubble Space Telescope is another incredibly powerful shot that we could gaze at for hours.
Ingenuity has photographed Perseverance on Mars!
The rover looks a bit warped here due to the heli’s fish eye lens and it being in the corner. More to come!
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The rover looks a bit warped here due to the heli’s fish eye lens and it being in the corner. More to come!
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The Most Extreme Things in the Universe - Ultimate Guide to Black Holes
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Mysteriously Slow Pulses From Giant Old Stars May Finally Have an Explanation
The extremely slow, steady pulsations of light from many red giant stars may finally have an explanation.
According to a new analysis, these mysterious fluctuations in brightness are not caused by internal processes after all, but by binary companions obscured in clouds of dust siphoned off the dying giants...
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The extremely slow, steady pulsations of light from many red giant stars may finally have an explanation.
According to a new analysis, these mysterious fluctuations in brightness are not caused by internal processes after all, but by binary companions obscured in clouds of dust siphoned off the dying giants...
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Mysteriously Slow Pulses From Giant Old Stars May Finally Have an Explanation
The extremely slow, steady pulsations of light from many red giant stars may finally have an explanation.
Apollo astronaut Michael Collins dies aged 90
Collins, known as the ‘forgotten astronaut’, kept command module flying while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon.
A statement released by Collins’s family on Wednesday, including a tweet, said: “We regret to share that out beloved father and grandfather passed away today, after a valiant battle with cancer. He spent his final days peacefully.”
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Collins, known as the ‘forgotten astronaut’, kept command module flying while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon.
A statement released by Collins’s family on Wednesday, including a tweet, said: “We regret to share that out beloved father and grandfather passed away today, after a valiant battle with cancer. He spent his final days peacefully.”
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Apollo astronaut Michael Collins dies aged 90
Michael Collins, who was part of the Apollo 11 original moon landing crew and kept the command module flying while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 90, his family said on Wednesday. Collins…
This Weird 'Horned' Crocodile Could Represent a New Branch on The Tree of Life
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This Weird 'Horned' Crocodile Could Represent a New Branch on The Tree of Life
An extinct 'horned' crocodile that once called Madagascar home has finally found its place on the tree of life, according to a new study of two skulls stored at the American Museum of Natural History.