Cosmos

Astrophysics

Black hole with a mass equivalent to 36 billion suns is one of the largest ever found

Discovery was made at the center of one of the galaxies in the system known as the Cosmic Horseshoe

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Astrophysics

Details of a star’s death

Astronomers discover how a star dies

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Cosmology

Vera Rubin observatory to map the entire visible sky over the next 10 years

Approximately 170 Brazilian researchers will take part in research at the new telescope, located in Chile

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Astrophysics

Superhot gases connect galaxies

Filament of superhot gas connects four galaxy clusters

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Astrophysics

The Gas Giant was once bigger

Jupiter rapidly doubled in volume soon after the formation of the Solar System

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Astrophysics

Simulation suggests that Mercury formed from a glancing collision with a body of similar mass

Impact would have ripped away part of the planet's mass and shaped its current geological composition

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Astrophysics

Portrait of the Universe

Space mission captures images of 380,000 galaxies of varying shapes and sizes

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Astrophysics

Far reaches of the Solar System could be home to another planet

Study suggests the existence of a new world with a mass 7.5 times greater than Earth

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ASTROPHYSICS

Two dwarf satellite galaxies discovered near the Milky Way

Aquarius III and Leo VI each have less than 5,000 stars, a very low number for this type of formation

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Astrophysics

The wandering Sun and the cooling Earth

Solar System passed through the Orion constellation, which may have influenced Earth's climate

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ASTROPHYSICS

Hotter dry season reduces survival rate of Amazonian birds by 63%

Impact of 1 °C increase in average temperature was observed on 29 species living in a preserved area of the rainforest

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Astrophysics

Our neighboring galaxy in detail

James Webb Telescope details neighboring galaxy of Andromeda

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Astrophysics

Space centaur

James Webb Telescope captures detail of comet that behaves like an asteroid

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Legislation

Scientists work together to modify bill on meteorites that fall in Brazil

Proposed law would require that parts of meteorites be given to research institutions in Brazil

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Astrophysics

A retouched image

Image of the Sagittarius A* black hole published in 2022 may not show its actual shape

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