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Astronauts repair black hole observatory, inspect cosmic ray detector on ISS spacewalk
An X-ray observatory used to study neutron stars is “back in the black” and a cosmic ray detector is ready for possible ...
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Watch 2 NASA astronauts repair X-ray telescope on ISS during a spacewalk today
The two astronauts have a busy day ahead of them. Hague and Williams will "patch light leaks in the NICER X-ray telescope, ...
Scientists detect chirping cosmic waves in an unexpected part of space
NEW YORK -- Scientists have detected cosmic waves that sound like birds chirping in an unexpected place. These bursts of ...
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Very cold detectors reveal very hot universe and kick off a new era in X-ray astronomy
They attributed these spurious signals to passing cosmic-ray particles, and considered optimizing detectors for sensitive measurement of the energy of particles and photons. The idea to develop ...
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An underground detector in China will sniff out mysterious ghost particles called neutrinos
The $300 million detector in Kaiping, China, took over nine years to build. Its location 2,297 feet (700 meters) underground protects from pesky cosmic rays and radiation that could throw off its ...
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A new neutrino detector in China aims to spot mysterious ghost particles lurking around us
The $300 million detector in Kaiping, China, took more than nine years to build. It is located 2,297 feet underground to protect it from pesky cosmic rays and radiation that could throw off its ...
Cosmic Rays Could Help Scientists Study Tornado Formation Through Muon Detection
Scientists explore how cosmic rays and muons could reveal tornado-forming pressure changes in supercell storms ...
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Cosmic Mystery Ensues as Supermassive Black Hole Emits Odd X-ray Pulses Unlike Anything Previously Seen
A distant supermassive black hole, the mysterious 1ES 1927+654, emits X-ray pulses unlike anything previously recorded, which ...
NASA astronauts Williams and Hague complete first spacewalk in over a year
After a gap of more than a year, NASA successfully resumed spacewalks outside the International Space Station on Thursday. NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams, dressed in pressurized NASA ...