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NASA’s TESS found 3 exoplanets orbiting a young sun-like star
Roughly 400 light years from Earth, a young star named TOI 451 travels within a river of stars. An international team ...
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Microbes grown on Mars' ruddy crust hint at signs of life
Billions of years ago, Mars was home to oceans, rivers, and seas. During this ancient era of the Red Planet, atmospheric ...
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Move over Farout, Farfarout is now the most distant object in our solar system
Deep in the dark, frigid expanse of the outer solar system, Farfarout slowly orbits the distant Sun, taking 1,000 years to ...
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The 7 planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system are identical — here's what we can learn from them
Just 40 light-years from Earth, the TRAPPIST-1 system of planets is home to the largest family of Earth-like worlds known ...
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How 'gravitational waves' will change astronomy as we know it
Supermassive objects such as black holes and neutron stars warp spacetime around them, and interactions between these bodies ...
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Gaseous mix up: Scientists thought there could be life on Venus, but there's not
In September 2020, astronomers announced the possible detection of phosphine on Venus. On our own world, phosphine ...
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Vá! 3 billion years ago, Mars looked a lot like Iceland
More than three billion years ago, Mars was home to vast oceans, and a new study shows this world may have once looked ...
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This massive, scorching exoplanet whips around its sun twice a day
About 280 light-years from Earth, a world of molten magma orbits one of the oldest stars in the galaxy. This exoplanet, 50% larger ...
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This nearly inexplicable exoplanet has the density of cotton candy
The exoplanet WASP-107b may be as large as Jupiter, but this super-puff planet only contains one-tenth as much mass as the ...
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NASA delays Juno spacecraft's retirement after detecting mysterious radio waves
The Juno spacecraft, orbiting Jupiter since 2016, has a new lease on life, thanks to NASA. This robotic ...
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Hubble spots remains of a supernova humans saw explode 1700 years ago
The opening years of the Fourth Century saw work begin on St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, and the astronomer Pappus ...
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Astronomers just detected the oldest and most distant quasar ever
More than 13 billion light years from Earth, the quasar J0313–1806 radiates vast quantities of electromagnetic radiation. ...
