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Enormous black hole unexpectedly found in tiny galaxy

October 30, 2025
An unexpected monster black hole was found hiding inside one of the Milky Way’s tiniest neighbors, rewriting what scientists thought they knew about how small galaxies hold themselves together. Segue 1 is an ultra-faint dwarf galaxy located about 75,000 light-years from Earth, making it a very close neighbor of the Milky Way. Advanced modeling technologies revealed that the galaxy appears to…
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How AI and sand dunes on Mars can reveal the planet's history, one grain at a time

October 29, 2025
An innovative technique for measuring the force acting on individual grains of sand could help scientists uncover how winds have shaped the surface of Mars. The method, developed by researchers at the State University of Campinas in Brazil, uses images of dune surfaces to estimate the force acting on each grain of sand. By combining laboratory experiments, computer simulations and artificial…
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Black Holes and Their Creation Through Mergers

October 29, 2025
Scientists have “heard” the symphony of two newborn black holes — each created when its respective parent black holes crashed together and merged. One of those collision events, in fact, was the first of its kind. The detection of the baby black holes and…
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Awakening an interstellar wanderer: Surprising nickel detection in Comet 3I/ATLAS

October 28, 2025
Rohan Rahatgaonkar is a Ph.D. student at the Instituto de Astrofísica-Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Darryl Z. Seligman is an Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University. In a surprising discovery, our team has detected glowing nickel vapor in the gas surrounding the incoming interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS at an extraordinary distance from the sun, where…
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Under 200 Unistellar Envision pre-orders left! Save $500 on these star-guiding smart binoculars

October 27, 2025
Unistellar is still taking pre-orders for their augmented reality (AR) Envision binoculars, which are the first smart binoculars to can help aid in stargazing and outdoor exploration. They are offering $500 off the Unistellar Envision retail price but this limited-time pre-order sale finishes on Nov. 2 and there are under 200 units left. You can pre-order the Unistellar Envision AR smart…
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