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Posted on May 25, 2017

Jupiter’s Super-Weird Atmosphere Is Astonishing Scientists

Jupiter’s Super-Weird Atmosphere Is Astonishing Scientists
Jupiter's atmosphere defies all scientific expectations. The post Jupiter’s Super-Weird Atmosphere Is Astonishing Scientists appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on May 25, 2017

Strange cosmic radio burst pinned down to giant stellar nursery

A young neutron star is probably the source of a strange repeating signal previously tracked to a dwarf galaxy 2.4 billion light years away
Posted on May 24, 2017

Cool Spacewalk, Right? Get Ready for More—ISS Will Need Fixin’

Cool Spacewalk, Right? Get Ready for More—ISS Will Need Fixin’
Tuesday's contingency spacewalk could signal the beginning of more frequent repairs on the aging space station The post Cool Spacewalk, Right? Get Ready for More—ISS Will Need Fixin' appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on May 23, 2017May 28, 2017

Tangoing pairs of hungry supermassive black holes grow in number

The discovery of more of these deadly duos through a fresh data-sifting technique raises the hope that their secret recipe might soon be unlocked
Posted on May 19, 2017May 23, 2017

Astronomers scramble as ‘alien megastructure’ star dims again

Tabby’s star’s weird behaviour has been blamed on everything from asteroids to aliens. Now astronomers are racing to watch its dimming in action
Posted on May 19, 2017

LIGO could detect gravitational waves’ permanent space-time warp

When gravitational waves permanently distort space-time, it causes a “memory” signal – which may help LIGO find some of the universe’s most exotic objects
Posted on May 18, 2017

Titan’s riverbeds show a terrain built more like Mars than Earth

Saturn’s largest moon resembles Earth with its rivers and mountains, but it came by its topography very differently - and could still be active today
Posted on May 17, 2017

The Best Way To Transmit Satellite Data? In Trucks. Really

The Best Way To Transmit Satellite Data? In Trucks. Really
When you have nearly unfathomable depths of information, the quickest way to move it is still the actual highway, not the information-super-one. The post The Best Way To Transmit Satellite Data? In Trucks. Really appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on May 15, 2017May 17, 2017

Stars can start shining at a smaller mass than we thought

Objects with only 6.7 per cent of the sun’s mass can be stars, according to a fresh measurement of how massive an object must be to achieve nuclear fusion
Posted on May 10, 2017

The Finesse of Flying Cassini Between Saturn’s Rings

The Finesse of Flying Cassini Between Saturn’s Rings
It takes spinning reaction wheels and rockets firing for mere seconds to keep the Cassini probe on course in orbit around Saturn The post The Finesse of Flying Cassini Between Saturn's Rings appeared first on WIRED.

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