A planet the size of Saturn could orbit the nearest Sun-like star todayheadline
Artistic concept of what the gas giant orbiting Alpha Centauri A could look likeESA/Webb Copyright: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, R. ...
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The Universe Started as a “Hot Soup of Particles and Photons” 13.8 Billion Years Ago todayheadline
Roughly 14 billion years ago, a tiny pinpoint of extreme heat and density erupted in a grand explosion, leading to ...
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The Vera Rubin Observatory is about to completely transform astronomy todayheadline
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is about to open a new eye on the universeOlivier Bonin/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory On ...
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Constantly Changing Ice on Jupiter’s Moon Europa Hints at Possible Ocean and Life todayheadline
Europa, a moon of Jupiter, has long been one of the most exciting targets in the search for life beyond ...
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Chaos in Our Solar System Could’ve Caused Planet X’s Theoretically Wide Orbit todayheadline
There could be a ninth planet in our Solar System after all — and no, it’s not Pluto. Instead, it’s ...
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One half of the moon is hotter than the other todayheadline
A map showing anomalies in the moon’s gravitational field, based on data from NASA’s GRAIL missionNASA/JPL-Caltech/MIT/GSFC Earth’s gravitational pull on ...
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Space Volcanoes Tell the Explosive History of Mars, Venus, and Multiple Moons todayheadline
While volcanoes have brought profound changes to landscapes here on Earth, volcanic activity on other planets and moons has followed ...
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Weird meteorite may be relic of lost planet that no longer exists todayheadline
The NWA 15915 meteorite was discovered in 2023Steve Jurvetson/CC BY 2.0 Misfit meteorites that don’t fit neatly into known categories ...
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Saturn has 128 new moons – more than the rest of the planets combined todayheadline
Saturn now has a total of 274 moonsNASA/JPL/Space Science Institute A further 128 moons have been discovered orbiting Saturn, bringing ...
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There’s a tiny chance the asteroid headed for Earth could hit the moon todayheadline
Artist’s impression of an asteroid nearing the moonNASA/JPL-Caltech Asteroid 2024 YR4 is on a potential crash course with Earth, but ...
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