Sai Charan

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President, International Amateur Astronomical Association

How to take a picture of a black hole

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Researchers in effect created a telescope with an Earth-sized aperture

| Beta site for NSF - National Science Foundation

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Spacesuits are showing their age

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Astronauts’ wardrobes are in need of a makeover

Cooperation in astronomy under strains of war - Nature Astronomy

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As a result of the ongoing conflict, long-standing collaborations in astronomy and space are jeopardized and individual researchers are facing difficult choices that will have a long-term impact on...

Differences between the Moon’s near and far sides linked to colossal ancient impact

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New research shows how the impact that created the Moon’s South Pole–Aitken basin is linked to the stark contrast in composition and appearance between the two sides of the Moon.

Nearly 1,000 mysterious strands revealed in Milky Way’s center

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More than 35 years ago, a Northwestern astrophysicist discovered mysterious, giant filaments in the center of the Milky Way. Now, he uncovered 10 times more than previously known.

Cheops reveals a rugby ball-shaped exoplanet

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ESA’s exoplanet mission Cheops has revealed that an exoplanet orbiting its host star within a day has a deformed shape more like that of a rugby ball than a sphere. This is the first time that the ...

Going Out with a Bang - Weizmann Wonder Wander - News, Features and Discoveries

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A first-of-its-kind exploding star – thought to have existed only in theory – was recently discovered

Astronomers capture red supergiant’s death throes

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Defying previous ideas of how red supergiant stars evolve right before death, a new study detected bright radiation in the final years before the star's explosion.

Big Bang, black holes, and other astrophysical events in our lives

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