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Astronomers Detected Clouds on Distant Exoplanet WASP-127b, Revealing the Upper ...

27 September 2021

Discovered in 2016, astronomers observed that the large fluffy exoplanet orbits closely to its host star. That is why its surface temperature could reach 2,012 ... [...]

Out of this world | Mirage News

27 September 2021

Now a new comment piece published in Nature Astronomy has concluded that astronomers could play a key role in future communication, using their platforms ... [...]

The five best spots for stargazing in Wales - WalesOnline

27 September 2021

They are recognised by astronomers for being some of the best areas in the world ... and it's a regular meeting spot for the North Wales Astronomy Society. [...]

Hubble Looks at Active Spiral Galaxy: NGC 5728 | Sci-News.com

27 September 2021

... was discovered on May 7, 1787 by the German-born British astronomer William Herschel. ... luminous, barred spiral galaxy,” Hubble astronomers said. [...]

The Box - Cosmic Vertigo - ABC Radio National

27 September 2021

Karlie Noon is the first Indigenous student to obtain a Masters of Astronomy and Advanced Astrophysics, and is currently doing a PhD in Astronomy at the ... [...]

(LEAD) (News Focus) City development controversy widens amid revelation of astronomical ...

27 September 2021

(LEAD) (News Focus) City development controversy widens amid revelation of astronomical severance pay for opposition lawmaker's son. 16:34 September 27, ... [...]

AETHER, The First Japanese Commercial Weather Satellite Demo, Initiated By ALE - SatNews

27 September 2021

... and National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) and has initiated AETHER, ... used for observation instruments in radio astronomy, respectively. [...]

8 Rare Sky Phenomena You Can Witness In Australia - TravelAwaits

26 September 2021

Astronomy tours in Australia point out the Southern Cross, but Aboriginal ... In central New South Wales, visit the Parkes Radio Telescope fondly known as ... [...]

See the Moon's Tycho Crater Imaged in Stunning Detail | Digital Trends

26 September 2021

The GBT, which is a large radio telescope, was fitted with a transmitter last year which allows it to transmit radar signals to space. [...]

Scientists pinpoint age of molten 'Einstein ring' | Live Science

24 September 2021

As scientists affiliated with the Hubble Space Telescope wrote in a ... a Ph.D. student at the Max Plank Institute for Radio Astronomy in Germany and a ... [...]

Invest in science industries — not housing — for RI's I-195 land - The Providence Journal

27 September 2021

For decades, I've been frustrated by the pace of development in the area, and I've urged the state to become a player in the biotech and life science space. [...]

More than half a million square feet of lab space proposed near Dogpatch - The Business Journals

27 September 2021

The building would include 167 parking spaces, and two roof terraces planned ... 1.7 million square feet of “purpose-built life science space” at Pier 70. [...]

321 Launch: Space news you may have missed over the past week - Florida Today

27 September 2021

The crew of Inspiration4 is seen in front of the SpaceX Falcon 9 booster that lofted. Welcome to 321 Launch, a weekly newsletter that focuses on space-related ... [...]

Teams Develop Code, Win $535,000 in Space Robotics Challenge | NASA

27 September 2021

Teams Develop Code to Coordinate Robots, Win $535,000 in Space Robotics ... is a part of the center's Innovation Gateway community science initiative. [...]

Chairs Johnson and Beyer Congratulate NASA on the Successful Launch of Landsat 9 - SpaceRef

27 September 2021

Press Release From: House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Posted: Monday, September 27, 2021. Today, Landsat 9, a joint National Aeronauts and ... [...]

Space Force Expects to Finalize 'Futuristic' Uniform by End of Year, General Says | Military.com

27 September 2021

22 at the Air Force Association's Air Space & Cyber Conference was largely positive -- if riddled with jokes about a certain resemblance to science-fiction ... [...]

XENON1T data may point to the discovery of dark energy on earth [Study] - IBTimes India

27 September 2021

The researchers examined the chances for directly detecting dark energy using present and prospective terrestrial dark matter direct detection experiments. [...]

Neptune's discovery 175 years ago was our first success finding dark matter - Big Think

27 September 2021

Its discovery at the Berlin Observatory the very night a letter arrived predicting its existence goes back to September 23/4, 1846. The original 'dark matter,' ... [...]

Dark Matter season-4-APPALLING NEWS!!! for the spectators

27 September 2021

Dark Matter is a science fiction Canadian series by Paul Mullie and Joseph Mallozzi, based on their comic book with the same name and developed by Prodigy ... [...]

Sterile neutrino dark matter from the cosmic QCD epoch - Inspire HEP

26 September 2021

Sterile neutrino dark matter: Impact of active-neutrino opacities · Dietrich Bodeker(. Bielefeld U. ) ,. Alexander Klaus(. [...]