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Five things to know about powerful new U.S.–India satellite, NISAR
A new U.S.–India satellite called NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) will provide high-resolution data enabling ...
Unusual plasma waves detected above Jupiter's north pole may finally have explanation
Recent observations of Jupiter's powerful magnetic field by NASA's Juno spacecraft have uncovered a never-before-documented ...
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NASA’s Roman telescope will catch 100,000 explosions — and rewrite the Universe’s story
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope is set to embark on a deep-sky survey that could capture nearly 100,000 cosmic explosions, ...
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Jupiter is Emitting Unknown Waves—Astronomers Are Stunned By The Latest Discovery
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has detected a previously unknown type of plasma wave above Jupiter’s north pole, revealing an unexpected interaction between different types of charged particles in the ...
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Thieving Pulsar Spinning 592 Times A Second Reveals New Understanding Of Where Its X-Rays Come From
“Transitional millisecond pulsars are cosmic laboratories, helping us understand how neutron stars evolve in binary systems,” ...
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NASA’s IXPE tracked a rare pulsar—and found an unexpected power source
Astronomers studying a rare neutron star system have uncovered a surprising source of powerful X-rays. Using NASA s IXPE ...
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NASA's Roman Space Telescope could discover 100,000 new cosmic explosions: 'We're definitely expecting the unexpected'
"Whether you want to explore dark energy, dying stars, galactic powerhouses, or probably even entirely new things we’ve never ...
Spider Pulsars Caught Destroying Nearby Stars - Explained
Data from the Chandra X-ray Telescope has revealed spider pulsars, which are a group of dead stars, in globular cluster Omega ...
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Newly discovered 'cosmic unicorn' is a spinning dead star that defies physics: 'We have a real mystery on our hands'
Using the world's most advanced radio telescopes, astronomers have discovered a spinning dead star so rare, strange and ...
NASA X-ray spacecraft reveals secrets of a powerful, spinning neutron star
Observations of a pulsar, consisting of a dead star spinning 600 times a second, and feasting on a stellar companion reveal ...
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NASA’s IXPE Imager Reveals Mysteries of Rare Pulsar
An international team of astronomers has uncovered new evidence to explain how pulsing remnants of exploded stars interact with surrounding matter deep in the cosmos, using observations from NASA’s ...