Astronomers have found what could be one of the universe’s oldest stars, a body almost entirely made of …
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Giant Planets Around Young Star Raise Questions About How Planets Form
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesResearchers have identified a young star with four Jupiter- and Saturn-sized planets in orbit around it, the first …
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The potentially rocky planet, known as Barnard’s star b, is a “super-Earth” with a mass of at least …
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University of Sydney astronomers, working with international colleagues, have found a star system like none seen before in …
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In November 2017, scientists pointed NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope toward the object known as ‘Oumuamua — the first known interstellar …
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Space
Evidence of Outburst Flooding Indicates Plentiful Water on Early Mars
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesThe presence of water on early Mars has been theorized for centuries. Early telescopes revealed ice caps, and …
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Some 10 billion years ago, the Milky Way merged with a large galaxy. The stars from this partner, …
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For thousands of years, people have been puzzling over the milky strip that extends across the entire firmament. …
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Science fiction writers have long featured terraforming, the process of creating an Earth-like or habitable environment on another …
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New research from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft’s up-close Grand Finale orbits shows a surprisingly powerful and dynamic interaction of …