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This baby exoplanet is made of different stuff than its birth cloud
By Robert Lea published
Investigating a young exoplanet called PDS 70b in its cocoon of natal gas and dust has shown that planets don't always resemble the environments they form in.
Puffy white dwarfs could shed light on mysterious dark matter. Here's how.
By Keith Cooper published
Astronomers just took a big step toward a better understanding of white dwarfs, a discovery that could shed light on mysterious dark matter.
Double moon mission! SpaceX to launch 2 private lunar landers in January
By Mike Wall published
Firefly Aerospace and Japanese company ispace are putting their moon landers on the same SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which is scheduled to lift off in January.
James Webb Space Telescope catches monster black hole napping after 'overeating' in the early universe
By Robert Lea published
The James Webb Space Telescope has caught a napping monster black hole in the early universe. The cosmic giant is slumbering after a massive meal like a reveller on Christmas Day.
Potentially habitable planet TRAPPIST-1b may have a carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
The innermost Earth-like planet in the famous TRAPPIST-1 system might be capable of supporting a thick atmosphere after all, according to new research.
The moon may be 100 million years older than we thought
By Charles Q. Choi published
The moon may have received a volcanic facelift, making it more than 100 million years older than rocks collected from its surface might suggest, a new study finds.
Hubble trouble or Superbubble? Astronomers need to escape the 'supervoid' to solve cosmology crisis
By Robert Lea published
The disagreement in the rate of expansion of the universe, the Hubble tension, could arise from the fact Earth sits in an under-dense supervoid region of space.
Watch the sun unleash 'extremely rare' solar storm in explosive eruption (video)
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
All three eruptions were not Earth-directed.
Human artifacts abandoned on Mars should be cataloged to track our migration beyond Earth
By Victoria Corless published
Just as Homo sapiens once exploded out of Africa to colonize the Earth our influence is spreading in the solar system. New research says we must track the cosmic migration to Mars.
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