Astronomy

  1. Astronomy

    Fast radio burst tracked to its galaxy of origin

    After years of searching, astronomers finally track an elusive cosmic radio signal to its home: a galaxy about 6 billion light-years away.

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  2. Astronomy

    Black hole heavyweights triggered gravity wave event

    Those gravity waves came from two black holes more massive than any known outside a galactic core and formed in an environment different than the Milky Way.

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  3. Astronomy

    Planets may emerge from stellar duo gathering icy dust

    Gas freezing onto dust grains around a binary star could be setting up a site where comets or even planets might someday form.

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  4. Physics

    ‘Gravity waves’ is an OK way to refer to gravitational radiation

    There’s not lexicographical basis for complaints that ‘gravity wave’ is incorrect usage for gravitational waves.

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  5. Physics

    The long road to detecting gravity waves

    Thanks to two colliding black holes, Einstein's historic prediction of gravitational waves disturbing the fabric of spacetime has finally been realized.

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  6. Physics

    Gravitational waves explained

    Colliding black holes send ripples through spacetime that can be detected here on Earth. What are these gravitational waves, and how did Advanced LIGO detect them?

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  7. Physics

    Gravity waves from black holes verify Einstein’s prediction

    Gravitational waves, tremors in the cosmic fabric of space and time predicted by Einstein a century ago, have finally been detected, opening a new avenue for exploring the universe.

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  8. Astronomy

    Readers tussle over top science stories of 2015

    Readers tussle over the top spot in our top 25, questions about engineered vocal cords, and more in the February 20 Feedback.

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  9. Astronomy

    In all sorts of circumstances, life finds a way

    Editor in Chief discusses the new marine habitats formed by human pollution and the alarming rise of the Zika virus.

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  10. Science & Society

    Soviets nailed first landing on moon

    The first spacecraft to safely land on the moon touched down on the lunar surface in 1966.

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  11. Astronomy

    Largest rocky world found

    A planet roughly half the size of Neptune might be 100 percent rock, making it the largest known rocky world.

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  12. Astronomy

    Odd star’s dimming not aliens’ doing

    A star’s flickering light and century-long dimming have astronomers hunting for exocomet storms, prowling dust clouds and even alien engineers.

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