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Worlds near and far—atmospheres, habitability, and planetary formation.
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Star Wars-like planet of Earth’s size can actually support life
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A Stellar Experience
9+ hour, 23+ min ago (218+ words) Students enjoy the wonders of space from right here on campus If there was one takeaway from the stargazing party this past Wednesday night, it’s that we humans are not as big of a deal as we think we are....
Starwatch: Mars signposts the beautiful Beehive cluster
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Curiosity rover reaches ‘mysterious’ Mars cliffs after 14-year trek
2+ hour, 25+ min ago (827+ words) A Mars rover has captured a stunning panorama of the "mysterious" cliffs it has taken more than 14 years to reach. NASA's Curiosity rover has beamed back the most detailed view yet of the distant, wind-carved Martian cliffs, highlighting features the…...
Discovery Marks The First Detection Of Variable Water Clouds Outside Of Our Solar System
8+ hour, 14+ min ago (329+ words) Artist's concept of a brown dwarf. Brown dwarfs begin their lives like stars but they never accumulate enough mass to fuse atoms steadily at their cores and ignite with starlight. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech A Jupiter-sized world just 7.5 light-years away is…...
Ice cloud on Mars: scientists reveal the origin and formation process
8+ hour, 25+ min ago (600+ words) Noticias Ambientales es el medio de comunicación líder en temática ambiental en Argentina y en el mundo de habla hispana. Funciona tanto como un portal de noticias como una fundación, integrando el periodismo con la comunicación estratégica y la educación…...
An Earth-Sized Planet Could Survive With 2 Suns Just 16 Light-Years Away
6+ hour, 42+ min ago (904+ words) Planets with two suns have intrigued our cosmic imagination ever since they appeared in a popular work of fiction set in a galaxy far, far away. That's right, the globally famous King in Yellow, published in 1895. Oh, and Star Wars,…...
Alien 'phoenix planet' was born from the ashes of a dying star
15+ hour, 56+ min ago (246+ words) The suspicious death last week of a worker at a research lab in Siberia that has fueled global concerns about suspected pneumonic plague is just the latest example of how Russia manages the official narrative. The Kremlin has long maintained…...
Astronomers discover second-generation planet made by dying star
11+ hour, 10+ min ago (148+ words) (NewsNation) — Astronomers have discovered evidence of a second-generation planet found around a white dwarf, according to a new study published in Nature Astronomy. Researchers focused on white dwarf star HS 0209+0832, the core remnant of a low-mass star that burned through…...