Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Artis rendering of a planetbeing devoured by it's star

Caught in the Act: Astronomers Detect a Star Devouring a Planet

A star nearing the end of its life swelled up and absorbed a Jupiter-size planet. In about 5 billion years, our Sun will go...
Artist drawing of a galaxy forming into a disk.

Water in space – a ‘Goldilocks’ star reveals previously hidden step in how water...

John Tobin, National Radio Astronomy Observatory Without water, life on Earth could not exist as it does today. Understanding the history of water in the...
Photo of multiple galaxies taken by the James Web Space Telescope

How the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a surprisingly bright, complex and element-filled...

NASA/STScI Daniel Merino, The Conversation and Nehal El-Hadi, The Conversation If you want to know what happened in the earliest years of the universe, you are...
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Searching for Super Earths

Super-Earths are bigger, more common and more habitable than Earth itself – and astronomers are discovering more of the billions they think are out there Chris...
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Stunning images open the era of the James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope is finally ready to do science – and it’s seeing the universe more clearly than even its own engineers...
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An Accidental Discovery Hints at a Hidden Population of Cosmic Objects

JPL.NASA.Gov Brown dwarfs aren’t quite stars and aren’t quite planets, and a new study suggests there might be more of them lurking in our galaxy...
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Explores a Changing Landscape

Karen Fox / Josh Handal JPL NASA NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this 360-degree view on July 3,...
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Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope Gets Two-Year Mission Extension

Jun 30, 2021 Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA NEOWISE has provided an estimate of the size of over 1,850 near-Earth objects, helping us better understand our...
Photo of Mars from rover

Perseverance is the first of a new class of Mars explorers

Bringing Mars rocks back to Earth: On Feb. 18, Perseverance Rover landed safely on Mars – a lead scientist explains the tech and goals Jim...
Artist drawing of Venus

Unexpected find in the clouds of Venus

The detection of phosphine in Venus' clouds is a big deal – here's how we can find out if it's a sign of life Paul...

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