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Centimeter-sized pebbles have been detected in protoplanetary discs using e‑MERLIN, filling in a critical phase of planet ...
Several planets stand still in the sky, Titan’s shadow transits Saturn, and Venus gives Taurus a second eye in the sky this ...
After defending his PhD thesis on modeling interstellar objects on Monday, June 30, Matthew Hopkins intended to take some ...
Imagine waking up one morning to the news: a black hole is drifting close to our solar system. It sounds like the plot of a .
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16: Feel the impatience, but don’t rush. Pacing matters, so move efficiently but be present. Breathe through ...
New observations from England’s e-MERLIN interferometer telescope array display cosmic pebbles that will one day grow into ...
Astronomers have spotted centimeter-sized “pebbles” swirling around two infant stars 450 light-years away, revealing the raw ...
Neptune is called an “ice giant” because it’s mostly made of a thick, slushy mix of water, methane, and ammonia, which ...
Jupiter isn’t alone in this category; Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are also gas giants, though Uranus and Neptune are often ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an urgent warning about tianeptine—a substance marketed as a dietary ...
Exoplanet HIP 67522 b, fluffed up to the size of Jupiter, circles so close to its star that it’s triggering violent flares — ...
Stars often whip their planets with solar winds and radiation, pull them ever closer with gravity and sear them with heat.