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Northern lights may be visible in parts of the US due to solar storms
Solar storms may bring colorful auroras to several northern U.S. states Thursday night.This post was originally published on this site
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NASA’s ESCAPADE mission to Mars—twin satellites dubbed Blue and Gold will launch in early November
The first dual-satellite mission to another planet, NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers), is scheduled for launch no earlier than Sunday, Nov. 9, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The two identical spacecraft are […]
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Bright blue aurora formation: Hyperspectral camera captures first precise altitude distribution
The Institute for Fusion Science installed the Hyperspectral Camera for Auroral Imaging (HySCAI) in Kiruna, Sweden, in May 2023 and commenced full-scale observations in September of the same year. A research group has now succeeded […]
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Nearby pulsar offers insights into emission physics near the death line
Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), astronomers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and elsewhere have observed a nearby pulsar known as PSR J2129+4119. Results of the observational campaign, published October 30 […]
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SXDF-NB1006-2 is a young starburst galaxy experiencing ionized gas outflows, observations find
An international team of astronomers has employed the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe a distant galaxy designated SXDF-NB1006-2. As a result, they found that SXDF-NB1006-2 is a young starburst galaxy that experiences ionized […]