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2 solar probes are helping researchers understand what phenomenon powers the solar wind

Yeimy J. Rivera, Smithsonian Institution; Michael L. Stevens, Smithsonian Institution, and Samuel Badman, Smithsonian Institution Our Sun drives a constant outward flow of plasma, or...
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Why are some black holes bigger than others? An astronomer explains how these celestial...

Jaclyn Champagne, University of Arizona Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
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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...
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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...

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