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6 years ago

Eta Carinae Nebula (NGC 3372).

Credit: william226

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2 years ago

Strange star system may hold first evidence of an ultra-rare 'dark matter star'

In a distant star system, a sunlike star orbits an invisible object that may be the first example of a 'boson star' made of dark matter, new research suggests.

Astronomers long thought that a peculiar star system observed by the European Space Agency’s Gaia satellite was a simple case of a star orbiting a black hole.

But now, two astronomers are challenging that claim, finding that the evidence suggests something far stranger: Possibly, a never-before-seen type of star made of invisible dark matter. Their research, which has yet to be peer-reviewed, was published April 18 on the preprint server arXiv.

The system itself consists of a sunlike star and, well, something else. The star weighs a little less than the sun (0.93 solar mass) and has roughly the same chemical abundance as the sun. Its mysterious companion is much more massive — around 11 solar masses. The objects orbit each other at a distance of 1.4 astronomical units, about the distance at which Mars orbits the sun, making a complete orbit every 188 days.

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6 years ago

FIND SOMEONE THAT LOOKS AT YOU THE WAY NASA’S MARS INSIGHT LANDER TEAM LOOKS AT THEIR TELEMETRY DATA

photo credit: Bill Ingalls

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6 years ago

On 26 September 2014 Planet Earth’s Sun “erupted with a twisted blob of plasma that was part of a coronal mass ejection blasted into space…This would not appear to be directed towards Earth….The material seen here is ionized Helium at 60,000 degrees C [108,032 degrees Fahrenheit].” [1228 x 1228] by trot-trot

★☆★ SPACE ★☆★

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6 years ago

M31 - Andromeda Galaxy by Enivia

★☆★ SPACE ★☆★

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6 years ago

Total Lunar Eclipse - Blood Moon

image credit: Werner

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4 years ago

i cant believe this is a real photo

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5 years ago

“Is Anyone Out There?” Self-portrait by Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean, 2000.

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6 years ago

Remnants from a star that exploded thousands of years ago created a celestial abstract portrait, as captured in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the Pencil Nebula.

Credit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

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5 years ago