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Keith Cooper

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Large Hadron Collider may be closing in on the universe's missing antimatter
Keith Cooper

16/06/2023 Reading 5 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Large Hadron Collider May Be Closing In On The Universe's Missing Antimatter
Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider are closing in on an explanation for why we live in a universe of matter and not antimatter.
Antimatter CP Chris Parkes Hadron Collider LHC meson universe
Meteorites and volcanoes may have helped jump-start life on Earth
Keith Cooper

25/05/2023 Reading 5 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Meteorites And Volcanoes May Have Helped Jump-Start Life On Earth
Iron particles from meteorites and volcanoes could have catalyzed chemical reactions to form some of the organic compounds essential for life.
Dmitry Semenov Earth Ludwig Maximilians University Twitter life meteorite
The north pole of Uranus has a stormy vortex and we've just seen it for the 1st time (photo)
Keith Cooper

24/05/2023 Reading 4 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
The North Pole Of Uranus Has A Stormy Vortex And We've Just Seen It For The 1st Time (Photo)
Once thought to be drab and inert, Uranus' atmosphere is gradually revealing how storm-ridden it really is.
Hubble Space Telescope Pole Twitter Uranus Vortex planet
What happened to the missing stars at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy?
Keith Cooper

18/05/2023 Reading 4 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
What Happened To The Missing Stars At The Heart Of Our Milky Way Galaxy?
The stellar companions of more than a dozen stars orbiting the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy have gone missing — and astronomers want to know why.
Devin Chu Hole Sagittarius A* Twitter Way galaxy binary
What's next for Europe's JUICE mission?
Keith Cooper

15/04/2023 Reading 7 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
What's Next For Europe's Juice Mission?
Now that ESA's JUICE mission to Jupiter has successfully blasted off, what does the future hold for the next eight years as it cruises to the giant planet?
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James Webb Space Telescope finds tiny early galaxy packing big star-forming punch
Keith Cooper

14/04/2023 Reading 4 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
James Webb Space Telescope Finds Tiny Early Galaxy Packing Big Star-Forming Punch
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has observed a galaxy in the early universe that could be the progenitor of galaxies such as our own Milky Way.
Galaxy J2129 JWST Twitter star formation universe
Galaxy cluster spied forming in early universe (photos
Keith Cooper

29/03/2023 Reading 4 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Galaxy Cluster Spied Forming In Early Universe (Photos
Hot gas has been detected in a young proto-galaxy cluster in the early universe for the first time, shedding more light on how cluster components come together.
Luca Di Mascolo Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect Twitter cluster galaxy mass
DART mission reveals asteroid Dimorphos is dry as a bone
Keith Cooper

21/03/2023 Reading 6 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Dart Mission Reveals Asteroid Dimorphos Is Dry As A Bone
Careful scrutiny of the debris from the impact of NASA's DART mission into Dimorphos has not found any evidence for water ice on the asteroid, nor the residue of thruster fuel from the spacecraft.
Asteroid Dimorphos Ejecta Opitom impact tail
Building block of life found in sample from asteroid Ryugu
Keith Cooper

21/03/2023 Reading 5 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Building Block Of Life Found In Sample From Asteroid Ryugu
An organic compound that's part of the RNA molecules that transmit genetic information in cells has been discovered in samples from the asteroid Ryugu, suggesting the stuff of life came from space.
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