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Astronomers report first detection of ultrabright radio flashes in our own galaxy - The fast radio bursts are likely generated by a magnetar, the most magnetic type of star in the universe. https://t.co/LjmuVF4nva

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2020-11-05

astronomers surprised by lingering years after landmark
👁‍🗨 https://t.co/qh4A6YRhaz via

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2020-10-14

Popular at EarthSky: Astronomers capture 1st direct image of young giant exoplanet 📸

Click here to learn more about the distant world Beta Pictoris c and how it was photographed: https://t.co/AaOcKzovp2

📸 GRAVITY/ Axel M. Quetz/ MPIA Graphics Department/ Science Alert.

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2020-10-12

Astronomers have identified 24 potentially "super habitable" planets outside the Solar System. The exoplanets detected by the team led by astronomer Dirk Schulze-Makuch include "older, larger, warmer, and possibly wetter ones" than Earth. .
Source: Euronews

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2020-10-05

Prof. Govind Swarup (23 March 1929 - 7 September 2020) has passed away today. He was the father of Indian Radio Astronomy. The Ooty Radio Telescope and Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) stand as two of his gifts to generations of Indian astronomers.

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2020-09-08

Astronomers Detect Black-Hole Jets in Central Galaxy of Phoenix Cluster
https://t.co/s9do7YIAyq

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2020-09-06

Observing our universe in different kinds of light 🌌

Each of these images combines data from our observatory with data from other missions. How this "multiwavelength" approach helps astronomers understand objects in space: https://t.co/XLQjmbQxdv

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2020-09-04

What will be the next star in our Milky Way galaxy to explode as a supernova? Astronomers aren't certain, but one candidate is in Eta Carinae, a volatile system containing two massive stars that closely orbit each other. This image = x-ray, optical, uv light

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2020-09-03

"The Feathered Serpent" 11x17 colored pencil, 2019.⁠
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There's an easter egg for the astronomers, Mesoamerican historians, mythology lovers, & ancient astronaut theorists in there ;)
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Both the original and prints are available on my store!
https://t.co/RbKl6SNipj

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2020-09-03

a polymath, 1 of the most influential scientists, philosophers, astronomers & alchemists of Golden Age, &father of early modern medicine born OTD 980ad. In his birthday is commemorated as https://t.co/r4PQEhoGMe

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2020-08-23

Take a bunch of writers, and artists, and throw them into a room. Give them a whiteboard, a pile of sandwiches and a pot of coffee. Let’s see what happens.

This is the result: https://t.co/gYY5PcBQSw

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2020-08-20

i designed a telescope for merfolk astronomers with roughly a nasmyth focus once for a piece of art during the "mermay" art challenge.
In retrospect this is a silly design and there are better alternatives.

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2020-08-20

Taking advantage of a total lunar eclipse, astronomers using have detected ozone in our atmosphere.

Why's this important?

🔭 Researchers can now use this new method – and space telescopes – to continue the search for life in our universe: https://t.co/scFEfdz66o

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2020-08-07

A secret conversation between two astronomers.

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2020-08-05

How astronomers discovered the fastest-growing black hole ever found, with an estimated mass of 20 billion Suns, devouring another Sun's worth of mass every 2 days. If it was at the center of our galaxy, it would appear 10 times brighter than a Full Moon https://t.co/1qqElvkhIK

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2020-07-30

A nearby observatory caught a glimpse of something immense in passing. Astronomers thought it was out of their field, but considered whether they wanted to engage with the being. They agreed.

And so did she!

A cute beeg leezard Kazumi for birb

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2020-07-22

Astronomers Are Uncovering the Magnetic Soul of the Universe https://t.co/8d7GPw7KtY

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2020-07-07

Astronomers are puzzled by a mysterious dead star https://t.co/FUEQ3immHB

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2020-06-27

The 22-year cycle of solar activity is a mystery no more: A group of astronomers has now traced it to an enormous flow inside the Sun, which lumbers along at the speed of a suburban commute. https://t.co/iuJleVuii1

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2020-06-26