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5/29/21

NASA releases stunning new pic of Milky Way's 'downtown' | Technology News,The Indian Express

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NASA releases stunning new pic of Milky Way's 'downtown'

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA has released a stunning new picture of our galaxy's violent, super-energized "downtown." It's a composite of 370 observations over the past two decades by the orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory, depicting billions of stars and countless black holes in the center, or heart, of the Milky Way.

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5/29/21

Not as milky as it looks!

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5/30/21

PNAS

Discovery in space of ethanolamine, the simplest phospholipid head group

The detection of ethanolamine (

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7/17/21

Image of galaxy

Image of Messier 61 galaxy

Radio wavelength images of galaxies

Mind-blowing images of nearby galaxies show stars being born in glittering detail

Breathtaking new images of nearby galaxies captured by a team of international astronomers shed light on how stars are born.

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7/26/21

Cameras capture footage of 'crazy' meteor lighting up sky over Norway

An "unusually large" meteor briefly lights up the night sky over southern Norway, creating a spectacular sound and light display.

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7/31/21

Russian module throws International Space Station out of control with thruster misfire

Russia's newly-arrived Nauka science lab causes drama in space, momentarily cutting off communication with ground controllers and tilting the ISS out of position for 45 minutes.

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8/5/21

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Champagne moment as supernova captured in detail for the first time

Researchers record the earliest moments of a supernova as a shockwave blasts its way through a star

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8/7/21

Open Culture

Jocelyn Bell Burnell Changed Astronomy Forever; Her Ph.D. Advisor Won the Nobel Prize for It

A few years back, we highlighted a series of articles called The Matilda Effect -- named for the feminist Matilda Joslyn Gage, whose 1893 essay "Woman as an Inventor" inspired historians like Cornell University's Margaret Rossiter to recover the lost histories of women in science.

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9/2/21

Herbig–Haro object

Rare space phenomenon captured by Hubble telescope in stunning detail

Jets of blue gas blast out of a cloud of dust in a striking photo of a rare space object released by the Hubble Space Telescope.