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Reporter with Science magazine covering astronomy and energy technology. @science.org https://www.science.org/content/author/daniel-clery

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Has a huge blob of dark matter been found in our galactic neighborhood? If confirmed, vast cloud could test predictions about the Milky Wayโ€™s hidden architecture

Has a huge blob of dark matter been found in our galactic neighborhood? | Science | AAAS @science.org ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿงชhttps://www.science.org/content/article/has-huge-blob-dark-matter-been-found-our-galactic-neighborhood

29.08.2025 21:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 72    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Neutrino astronomers set biggest traps ever for messengers from cosmic accelerators Country-size array of radio antennas could trace ultraโ€“high-energy particles back to supernovae and black holes

โ€œIf we see one, thatโ€™s already amazing. If we see one and we know which direction it came from, thatโ€™s doubly amazing.โ€ @science.org ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿงช www.science.org/content/arti...

20.08.2025 16:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New method reveals perhaps the most massive black hole yet spotted Big brute 5 billion light-years from Earth is 36 billion times as massive as the Sun

New method reveals perhaps the most massive black hole yet spotted | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿงช

12.08.2025 10:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

That's what they are, essentially. But not my call.

30.07.2025 09:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Early universeโ€™s โ€˜little red dotsโ€™ may be black hole stars Puzzling objects spotted by NASAโ€™s JWST telescope may be entirely new class of celestial entity

Early universeโ€™s โ€˜little red dotsโ€™ may be black hole stars | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿงช @science.org

29.07.2025 21:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 57    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Betelgeuseโ€™s long-predicted stellar companion may have been found at last Small star could crash into red supergiant in the next 10,000 years

Betelgeuseโ€™s long-predicted stellar companion may have been found at last | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿ”ญ

21.07.2025 19:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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U.S. abandons hunt for signal of cosmic inflation Now-canceled CMB-S4 project would have searched the afterglow of the Big Bang for signs of cosmic exponential growth spurt

Cosmic inflation will have to remain a mystery for a little bit longer. www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿงช

11.07.2025 17:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks for the plug, but the author was Adam Mann, not me!

11.07.2025 17:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Astronomers race to study interstellar interloper Phalanx of instruments scrutinize 3I/ATLAS for clues about planet formation elsewhere in the galaxy

www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿงช

11.07.2025 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What astronomyโ€™s biggest camera yet will reveal about the universe The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will discover millions of new supernovae and map billions of galaxies

What astronomyโ€™s biggest camera yet will reveal about the universe | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org @vrubinobs.bsky.social ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿงช

07.07.2025 13:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This week on the @science.org podcast, @meagancantwell.bsky.social talks with @danclery.bsky.social about the deluge of data to come from the Vera C. Rubin telescope www.science.org/content/podc...

20.06.2025 16:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

youtube.com/@nsfscience

23.06.2025 08:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rubin observatory unveils first images taken with its giant mirror and camera Pictures are a prelude to a transformative, all-sky survey set to begin in months

Get ready for the big reveal at 11:00 EDT today. Link below. ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿงช @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

23.06.2025 08:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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National Science Foundation News The U.S. National Science Foundation funds a significant proportion of all federally supported basic research conducted by America's colleges and universities. We are an independent federal agency cre...

The first images from the Rubin Observatory will be revealed live at 11:00 a.m. EDT on Monday 23 June. youtube.com/@nsfscience

18.06.2025 20:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This giant, all-seeing telescope is set to revolutionize astronomy The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will build an unprecedented map of the universeโ€”and discover billions of fast-changing objects

The Vera Rubin Observatory will change everything. Seeing wider, deeper, and faster. Investigating everything from dark energy to Planet 9. Here's all you need to know. ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿงช @science.org @vrubinobs.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

18.06.2025 20:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 79    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Radio bursts reveal universeโ€™s โ€˜missing matterโ€™ Mystery signals used to locate gases in the spaces between galaxies

โ€œI would say that the missing baryons problem is essentially solvedโ€ -- Nicolรกs Tejos of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaรญso. ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿงช @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

16.06.2025 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dozens of active and planned NASA spacecraft killed in Trump budget request Proposal would end nearly all new major science missions

Roman Space Telescope is safe, for now. www.science.org/content/arti... ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿงช @science.org

02.06.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Final NSF budget proposal jettisons one giant telescope amid savage agencywide cuts Trumpโ€™s 57% proposed cut to agency would drop grant success rates to 7% and gut education and training

www.science.org/content/arti... ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿงช @science.org

02.06.2025 14:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Alien planetโ€™s atmosphere bears chemical hints of life, astronomers claim A study suggests a distant world has gases linked on Earth to algae, but others urge caution before invoking alien slime

A study suggests a distant world has gases linked on Earth to algae, but others urge caution before invoking alien slime ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿงช @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

17.04.2025 15:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

I write them more often than that! Stellarators are cool.

03.04.2025 12:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Stellarators, once fusionโ€™s dark horse, hit their stride Multiple companies aim to generate power by corraling plasma with twisted magnets

โ€œPeople are coming to realize the stellarator maybe is the way to goโ€ - Chris Hegna, Type One Energy ๐Ÿงช @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

02.04.2025 09:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Mystery force behind the universeโ€™s accelerating expansion may not be so constant after all Dark energy, assumed to be a cosmological constant, varied over time, new data show

โ€œItโ€™s going to be a great decade to be a dark energy theorist.โ€ www.science.org/content/arti... ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿงช @science.org

19.03.2025 23:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 74    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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This is the sharpest image yet of our universe as a baby The Atacama Cosmology Telescope captures the afterglow of the Big Bang in unprecedented detail

www.science.org/content/arti... ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿงช @science.org

18.03.2025 16:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Worldโ€™s largest telescopes at risk from Chilean energy project, new analysis confirms Light pollution and turbulence from wind turbines would worsen views of the distant cosmos

www.science.org/content/arti... ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿงช @science.org

17.03.2025 23:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Stars made from only primordial gas finally spotted, astronomers claim Short-cut method pinpoints a galaxy apparently formed from just hydrogen and helium

Have astronomers found an example of the very first round of star making, using only stuff from the Big Bang? www.science.org/content/arti... ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿงช @science.org

28.02.2025 20:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 50    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fusion scientist named chief of the U.K.โ€™s national funding agency Ian Chapman to oversee UK Research and Innovation, which has an annual budget of ยฃ9 billion

www.science.org/content/arti... ๐Ÿงช @science.org #fusionenergy

25.02.2025 19:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Modest telescope with big plans, SPHEREx will probe cosmic โ€˜inflationโ€™ after Big Bang Spacecraft with gather and analyze infrared light in new ways to explain why our universe is โ€œboringโ€

www.science.org/content/arti... @science.org ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿงช

22.02.2025 17:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Mass firings decimate U.S. science agencies White House dismissals and rationale challenged by dismissed scientists and lawsuits

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20.02.2025 11:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1005    ๐Ÿ” 289    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

I wanted to apologise for the flippant nature of the above post. Thousands of people look set to lose their jobs. Careers ruined and research destroyed. It's no laughing matter.

15.02.2025 12:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Urgent Call from the International Astronomical Community for the Protection of Chile's Astronomical Heritage / Llamado Urgente de la Comunidad Astronรณmica Internacional por la Protecciรณn del Legado A... This form aims to collect signatures from scientists from the physical and astronomical sciences to support the letter Urgent Call from the International Astronomical Community for the Protection of C...

Petition to protect the ESO VLT and ELT sites from the light and dust pollution of a proposed industrial complex. Please help protect these sites and keep them safe for astronomy! ๐Ÿ”ญ๐Ÿงชhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfcqFFYvpXHMEdCts4ICq65C3K9NxwGF1MeMj27c5DCSCLaVQ/viewform

14.02.2025 11:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

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