Legendary Star’s Smooth Disk Mystifies Astronomers, Challenges Planet Formation Theories
Legendary Star Lacks Evidence for Large Planet Construction Ever since the dawn of human consciousness, skywatchers have been ...
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NASA’s Sun-Bound Parker Solar Probe Swings Through Final Venus Flyby
“We’re reaching the crescendo of Parker’s incredible voyage through the inner solar system,” said Yanping Guo ... Early ...
Scientists Discovered a Super-Earth Just Next Door to Us
Earth" planet pretty close to us, just outside our solar system! This planet, called Proxima Centauri b, orbits our nearest neighboring star, Proxima Centauri. It’s called a "Super-Earth" because it’s ...
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The Webb Telescope Found A Planet Orbiting A Star 35 Light Years Away — Its Data Is Just Plain Odd
Recent data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggests that a planet orbiting a small, red star 35 light years away ...
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3D map reveals our solar system's local bubble has an 'escape tunnel'
Hot spots and tunnels to neighboring "superbubbles" seem to have been created by supernovas and infant star outbursts.
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The Sky This Week from November 8 to 15: Catch the Leonids early
November’s major meteor shower ramps up as the Moon reaches perigee shortly before its Full phase in the sky this week.
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'God of chaos' asteroid may be transformed by tremors and landslides during 2029 flyby of Earth, study finds
When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors ...
The window of opportunity to address our climate crisis is closing — and faster than ever
We are living on a planet already hotter and more unstable than at any time in human history. Pretending otherwise will only ...
This Planet Shows What Earth Might Look Like In 8 Billion Years' Time
Exoplanets can be quite different from Earth, but occasionally researchers find one that gives a sneak peak into what the ...
Don’t Miss November’s Celestial Spectacles: Rare Occultations, Planetary Alignments, and Hidden Stars Await
This month, catch planetary views of Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars, witness a close pass of the Parker Solar Probe by Venus, and ...