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Space on MSN9h

Astronomers crack 1,000-year-old Betelgeuse mystery with 1st-ever sighting of secret companion (photo, video)

Astronomers have finally imaged the long theorized companion star of Betelgeuse, solving a mystery regarding its dimming that ...

TRACERS dual-satellite mission prepares to explore magnetic reconnection at Earth's cusp

NASA's Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) mission, a collaborative effort led ...
Space on MSN12h

What are these strange swirls around an infant star? 'We may be watching a planet come into existence in real time'

Astronomers have discovered a baby exoplanet "spiral architect" carving complex swirls into a disk of gas and dust around the ...
IFLScience on MSN14h

Thieving Pulsar Spinning 592 Times A Second Reveals New Understanding Of Where Its X-Rays Come From

An international team of astronomers has gained new understanding of some of the densest objects in the universe and where the source of their X-rays is. This is all thanks to PSR J1023+0038, or J1023 ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN12h

Jupiter is Emitting Unknown Waves—Astronomers Are Stunned By The Latest Discovery

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has detected a previously unknown type of plasma wave above Jupiter’s north pole, revealing an unexpected interaction between different types of charged particles in the ...