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CosmicWatch: Handheld device democratizes study of cosmic particles from exploding stars

The CosmicWatch device costs only $100 to make, making it accessible for both high school students and spacecraft operators.

An Act of Cosmic Sabotage

If scientists are able to inspect it in person, and they find that Mars was indeed once alive with microbes, we would know ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Dark stars could solve 3 big mysteries of the early universe

Hints of impossibly bright, massive objects in the infant universe have forced astronomers to rethink how the first cosmic ...
The Nature Network on MSN

Cosmic events happening right now that began before Earth existed

White dwarfs are the leftover cores of stars that died long ago, some before Earth formed. Once created, they simply cool ...

New type of cosmic object spotted. Here's why astronomers are on 'Cloud-9'

Astronomers have discovered a new type of object that is a starless cloud that failed to form as a galaxy. Here's what to ...
ZME Science on MSN

Astronomers Discover Cloud-9: A Bizarre New Cosmic Object That Formed Like A Galaxy But Never Made Stars

Cloud-9 entered the picture in 2023, when astronomers using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) in ...