Young Planet Contains Different Materials Than the Dusty Disc that Birthed It todayheadline
When we say something is a “chip off the old block,” that generally means the new thing shares basic characteristics ...
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Binary star system finally discovered near Milky Way center
This image gazes toward the heart of the Milky Way, in the direction of its core. Credit: ESO/S. Guisard (www.eso.org/~sguisard) ...
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A Binary Star Neighbors Our Galaxy’s Supermassive Black Hole todayheadline
For the first time, researchers have spotted a binary star — a system of two stars that orbit each other ...
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What’s in the National Academies’ Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics?
Scientists have just released a 10-year plan for studying the Sun, currently at its solar maximum. Credit: NASA At its ...
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Sun-like stars experience superflares roughly once per century
A superflare erupts from a young sunlike star in this artist’s impression. Credit: CfA/Melissa Weiss Solar flares are bright flashes ...
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The 2024 Geminid Meteor Shower Is About To Peak — Here’s What to Know todayheadline
As 2024 winds down, so too is the Geminid meteor shower. One of the final meteor showers of the year ...
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NASA releases new infrared images from retired NEOWISE mission
Back to Article List The now-retired mission still offers a treasure trove of data. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/IPAC Although it completed its ...
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Hubble Spots a Spiral in the Celestial River
Hubble Space Telescope Home Hubble Spots a Spiral in the… Hubble Space Telescope Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History ...
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This distant star is about to die — and astronomers caught it in close-up
Back to Article List The first image of a star outside the Milky Way illuminates the final moments before its ...
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Shohei Ohtani claims interpreter bought valuable baseball cards using star’s money
Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani claimed in court papers this week that his former interpreter is in “wrongful possession” of valuable baseball cards ...
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