Science

Galaxy survives the Black Hole Banquet – For now

[ad_1] Black holes are thought to devour so much surrounding material that they end the life of their host galaxy. In that process they create a highly energetic object called a quasar that was previously thought to stop the birth of stars. Now researchers have discovered a galaxy that is …

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Special topic: Champion Retrieval Missions

[ad_1] Asteroid (101955) Bennu, imaged by OSIRIS-REx on December 2, 2018. Courtesy NASA. IIn most scientific disciplines, if we want to examine an object closely and in depth, we can collect some kind of sample of that object, take it to our laboratories, and perform any number of direct analysis …

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Canada is developing lunar rovers and scientific payloads

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is pursuing efforts to develop payloads for lunar science and a small rover that could fly to the moon on a NASA-sponsored landing mission. CSA announced on November 27 that it has awarded six contracts worth a total of CAD 2.9 million …

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