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February 20, 2021

Sounding Rocket CLASP2 Elucidates Solar Magnetic Field

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February 16, 2021

Supercomputer Turns Back Cosmic Clock

Schematic diagram of the evolution of the Universe from the inflation (left) to the present (right)

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January 26, 2021

When galaxies collide—Models suggest galactic collisions can starve massive black holes

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December 18, 2020

Compressive Fluctuations Heat Ions in Space Plasma

Artist’s impression of the ions and electrons in various space plasmas.

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December 8, 2020

Study Confirms Dark Coating Can Reduce Satellite Reflectivity

The trail of a Starlink satellite captured by the Murikabushi Telescope on April 10, 2020.

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November 26, 2020

Earth Faster, Closer to Black Hole in New Map of Galaxy

Position and velocity map of the Milky Way Galaxy

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October 28, 2020

Galaxies in the Infant Universe were Surprisingly Mature

figure: These are two of the galaxies in the early universe that ALMA observed in radio waves.

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October 12, 2020

Studying the Sun as a Star to Understand Stellar Flares and Exoplanets

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September 29, 2020

Second Alignment Plane of Solar System Discovered

figure: Artist’s impression of the distribution of long-period comets.

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September 25, 2020

Pair of Massive Baby Stars Swaddled in Salty Water Vapor

figure: ALMA composite image of a binary massive protostar IRAS 16547-4247.

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September 16, 2020

Unraveling a Spiral Stream of Dusty Embers from a Massive Binary Stellar Forge

Sequence of 7 mid-IR (~10 micrometers) images of WR 112 taken between 2001 – 2019 by Gemini North, Gemini South, Keck, the Very Large Telescope (VLT), and the Subaru Telescope.

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September 15, 2020

Phosphine on Venus – A step forward to understand biomarker molecule

figure: Artist’s impression of Venus and the phosphine detected in the atmosphere.

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September 4, 2020

Misaligned Planet-Forming Rings around Triple Young Stars

figure: ALMA image of the protoplanetary disk around the triple young star GW Orionis.

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August 31, 2020

Can Black Hole Fire Up Cold Heart of the Phoenix?

Artist’s illustration of the structures seen in the observations

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August 27, 2020

Rare encounters between cosmic heavyweights

SDSS J141637.44+003352.2, a dual quasar at a distance for which the light reaching us was emitted 4.7 billion years ago

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August 13, 2020

That Must’ve Hurt: Ganymede Covered by Giant Crater

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August 11, 2020

Classifying Galaxies with Artificial Intelligence

Conceptual illustration of how artificial intelligence classifies various types of galaxies according to their morphologies

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August 7, 2020

Stellar Egg Hunt with ALMA—Tracing Evolution from Embryo to Baby Star

Wide-field far-infrared image of the Taurus Molecular Cloud obtained by the Herschel Space Observatory and stellar eggs observed with ALMA (insets)

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