Pulsars Rewrite the Rules For decades, astronomers thought they knew that pulsars broadcast their signatight beams of radio waves fired from near the surface, close to the magnetic poles. A new study of nearly 200 of the fastest spinning pulsars in the universe has just turned that idea on its head. It turns out these extraordinary objects are broadcasting from two completely separate locations at once, and one of them lies right at the outer edge of their magnetic grip on space itself.

Pulsars Rewrite the Rules #Science #Space #Astrophysics #Pulsars #SpaceScience

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The Unspoken Contract On plasma, spacecraft charging, and the assumptions we forget to question.

Common sense says things settle. Turns out, space disagrees... loudly and at a high voltage!

Which leads to my new essay: starts with coffee ☕, ends in orbit 🛰️.

What's your field's version of "but I assumed it would balance out"?

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Bennu’s Rugged Rocks Explained by Deep Internal Cracks Asteroids don’t get the love they deserve. They don’t get “cool points” because they’re not a planet or a potential life-harboring moon. They’re “just a bunch of rocks”. But asteroids are so much more, as they are time capsules of the early solar system that have survived billions of years untouched by weathering or plate tectonics. One of the most intriguing asteroids that has been explored is asteroid Bennu, and specifically how its physical characteristics greater differed from Earth-based observations in 2007 after NASA OSIRIS-REx spacecraft visited Bennu in 2018.

Bennu’s Rugged Rocks Explained by Deep Internal Cracks #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #Bennu #Asteroids #SpaceScience

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Saturn's Northern Lights Are Running a Heat Pump That Fooled Scientists for Decades Key Takeaways The James Webb Space Telescope observed Saturn's northern lights and trihydrogen cation, revealing a feedback loop in its atmosphere.

Saturn’s Northern Lights Are Running a Heat Pump That Fooled Scientists for Decades #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #Saturn #NorthernLights #SpaceScience

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NASA to Unveil Complete Roman Telescope, Host Media Briefing - NASA Media are invited Tuesday, April 21, to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for a look at the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space

NASA will soon unveil the fully assembled Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, one of the last chances to see the observatory before it heads to Florida for launch prep. 🌌

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Jupiter's Lightning Could Be Almost Unbelievably Powerful Juno observations show that Jupiter's lightning, already known to be powerful, is far more energetic than thought. Lightning triggered by a stealth superstorm in 2021-22 could be up to one million times more powerful than terrestrial lightning.

Jupiter's Lightning Could Be Almost Unbelievably Powerful #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #Jupiter #Lightning #SpaceScience

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Sperm Get Lost in Space and Scientists Finally Know Why Having a baby in space may be far more complicated than expected, as new research shows sperm struggle to find their way in microgravity.

Sperm Get Lost in Space and Scientists Finally Know Why #Science #Space #Astrobiology #SpaceScience #ReproductiveBiology

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The Heliosphere
(A Hedge Of Protection)

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#Astronomy #SpaceScience

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The Heliosphere

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The Heliosphere

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The Heliosphere

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The Oort Cloud

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The Oort Cloud

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The Oort Cloud

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The Oort Cloud

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The Interstellar Medium

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The Interstellar Medium

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The Interstellar Medium

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NASA's Hubble Detects First-Ever Spin Reversal of Tiny Comet - NASA Science Astronomers using Hubble found evidence that the spinning of a comet 41P slowed and then reversed its direction of rotation.

NASA’s Hubble Detects First-Ever Spin Reversal of Tiny Comet #Science #Space #Astronomy #HubbleTelescope #CometDiscovery #SpaceScience

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The Universe's Black Holes Have Stopped Gorging. We Finally Know Why. Key Takeaways The study reveals that supermassive black holes have slowed their growth due to a depletion of cold gas supplies since cosmic noon, around

The Universe’s Black Holes Have Stopped Gorging. We Finally Know Why. #Science #Space #Astrophysics #BlackHoles #SpaceScience

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How magnetic is the moon? A new study cracks the long-standing mystery Researchers believe rock samples taken from the Apollo missions gave scientists a misleading impression

How magnetic is the moon? A new study cracks the long-standing mystery #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #MoonMystery #PlanetaryResearch #SpaceScience

www.theguardian.com/science/2026/mar/25/how-...

An image of the planetary disk surrounding the young star WISPIT aswell as the locations of its surrounding Protostars WISPIT 2b and WISPIT 2c. A diagram showing the brightness and wavelength in microns of 2c, reveals traces of carbon monoxide

A cosmic Game of Hide and Seek 🙈 👀

Hiding in a belt orbiting the #star #WISPIT, scientists have found not 1, but 2 forming #protoplanets thanks to #GRAVITY+.
A prime example of how technological #innovation drives scientific breakthroughs!

👉 s.mpe.mpg.de/ssiaz

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Astronomers discovered a simple way to distinguish giant planets from brown dwarfs: rotation speed.
Planets spin slower as they age, while brown dwarfs spin faster. This clear difference aids in classifying distant worlds and understanding their formation. - […]

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Galaxy Forensics with A/Prof Dr Elisabete da Cunha | Astrophiz #230 - Astrophiz: The Astronomy and Astrophysics Podcast Listen: https://soundcloud.com/astrophiz/elisabete230v Summary:“Galaxy Forensics and Evolution”Uncover the hidden histories of the universe in this Astrophiz episode ‘Galaxy Forensics‘, where we join ...

New Astrophiz! Talking "Galaxy Forensics" with Dr. Elisabete da Cunha.

Learn how astronomers use the MAGPHYS code to reconstruct the hidden early Universe.
It's like CSI, but for the early Universe. 🔭

Read & Listen: astrophiz.com/2026/03/18/g...

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Meteor Traveling 35,000 MPH Explodes Over Texas, Possibly Striking a Houston House #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #MeteorExplosion #TexasNews #SpaceScience

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UCLCHEM simulates the intricate chemical dance of molecules in space - from star-forming clouds to planetary atmospheres - using gas-grain chemistry models that reveal how cosmic environments forge the building blocks ...

https://github.com/uclchem/UCLCHEM

#Astrochemistry #SpaceScience #OpenSource

World's biggest astronomy camera seeks to answer pressing questions about the universe The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has started releasing its first discoveries: including supernovae, variable stars and asteroids, which will from now on be discovered at an astonishing rate as it begins ...

Astronomy has a new “eye”.
The giant camera of the Rubin Observatory (3.2 gigapixels, the largest ever built) will continuously scan the sky to better understand the formation of our solar system.

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