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After 50 successful years, the European Space Agency has some big challenges ahead
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the European Space Agency (Esa). It has launched spectacularly ...
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Jupiter used to be bigger-much bigger
A study published in Nature Astronomy posits that Jupiter was significantly larger earlier in its history and its more ...
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Jayant Narlikar on a universe with no beginning, why sky is blue & the classic astronomy-astrology mix-up
Chief Shekhar Gupta, the legendary astrophysicist who died Tuesday explained his thoughts on Big Bang & how curiosity keeps a ...
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NASA's Halloween playlist features the eerie sounds of space
This approach is called "data sonification". On June 27, 1996, the Galileo spacecraft made the first flyby of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, and this audio track represents data from Galileo's ...
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Physics & Astronomy Department
Ohio University is ranked among the Best Global Universities by U.S. News & World Report, with its physics program among the best in the world. Students explore yesterday, today and tomorrow in search ...
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2-year-old U.S. citizen apparently removed from the country 'with no meaningful process,' judge says
A federal judge in Louisiana on Friday said that a 2-year-old U.S. citizen appears to have been taken with her mother to Honduras with no meaningful due process. In an order scheduling a hearing ...