Intriguing

Hints of intriguing diversity seen in super-energetic ‘fast radio bursts’

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The story of sneaky fast radio bursts (FRBs) may be more complicated than we imagined. It’s tough to figure out the origin stories of FRBs because they’re so brief, so bright and appear to come from numerous regions in the sky. Most of these powerful cosmic blasts seem to occur in young galaxies, although that’s … Read more

The Atmosphere of This Extreme Exoplanet Has an Intriguing Similarity to Earth

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Astronomers have just peered into the atmosphere of one of the most extreme exoplanets ever discovered. Although it’s absolutely not habitable (at least as we understand it), the exoplanet WASP-189b is the first in which scientists have been able to probe distinct atmospheric layers, each with their own chemical compositions and characteristics.   “In the … Read more