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Posted on February 2, 2020 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Sun’s surface seen in remarkable new detail Behold the Sun’s convulsing surface at a level of detail never seen before. The Daniel K Inouye Solar Telescope on Hawaii has released pictures that show features … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 5, 2020 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan The best space images of 2019 With some blockbuster space missions under way, 2019 saw some amazing images beamed back to Earth from around the Solar System. Meanwhile, some of our most powerful telescopes … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 2, 2019 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Scientists find ‘monster’ black hole Before now, scientists did not think it was possible for a stellar black hole to have a mass larger than 20 times that of the sun, an approximation based … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 4, 2019 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Nobel physics prize Three scientists have been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for “ground-breaking” discoveries about the Universe. James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz were announced as this year’s winners at … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 1, 2019 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Kirkcudbright school’s conversion to dark sky center begins Work has started to convert an old school in southern Scotland into a dark sky visitor center. The £2.5m project at the former Johnston Primary in … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 3, 2019 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Tardigrades: Stuck on the moon after crash The moon might now be home to thousands of planet Earth’s most indestructible animals. Tardigrades – often called “water bears” – are creatures under a millimetre long … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 6, 2019 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Nasa puts up deep-space atomic clock Nasa has put a miniaturised atomic clock in orbit that it believes can revolutionise deep-space navigation. Nasa has put a miniaturised atomic clock in orbit that it believes … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 2, 2019 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan The man who made Einstein world-famous It is hard to imagine a time when Albert Einstein’s name was not recognised around the world. But even after he finished his theory of relativity in 1915, … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 23, 2019 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan First ever black hole image released Astronomers have taken the first ever image of a black hole, which is located in a distant galaxy. It was captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 1, 2019 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Planet Jupiter: Spectacular picture of Jupiter’s storms This beautiful picture of Jupiter was assembled from three separate images acquired by Nasa’s Juno spacecraft as it made another of its close passes of the gas … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 3, 2019 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan How NASA’s Curiosity Rover Weighed a Mountain on Mars With a bit of technical improvisation, scientists worked out that the bedrock of Mount Sharp appeared to be less dense than had been expected. For … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 2, 2019 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Saturn’s spectacular rings are ‘very young’ The end phases of the Cassini mission should yield new information about Saturn’s interior. We’re looking at Saturn at a very special time in the history of the … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 31, 2018 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan China’s Chang’e-4 Launches on Mission to the Moon’s Far Side China is aiming to go where no one has gone before: the far side of the moon. A rocket carrying the Chang’e-4 lunar lander … Continue reading →

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