Chunks of Alpha Centauri—Our Closest Stellar Neighbor—Might Have Already Reached Us
A new study examines how much material from the closest star system to Earth will end up in orbit around the Sun, and how ...
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Astronomical Explosion 4K Hubble View
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured imagery of an object 9,000 light-years way known as IRAS 05506+2414. It "may be an ...
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Potentially Habitable Super-Earth Has Water Vapor in Atmosphere
Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered water vapor in the atmosphere of planet K2-18b, located about ...
NASA telescopes deliver stellar bouquet in time for Valentine's day
A bouquet of thousands of stars in bloom has arrived. This composite image contains the deepest X-ray image ever made of the ...
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Astronomers Capture Breathtaking Image of Newborn Star Taking Shape
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been giving us a fabulous new view on the Universe since its launch.
6 most beautiful glittering group of stars captured by NASA
NASA has captured some of the most breathtaking star clusters in the universe, where countless stars shimmer like cosmic ...
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Happy Cosmic Valentine’s Day! Here’s a Stellar Bouquet For You
Doradus 30, also known as 30 Doradus or the Tarantula Nebula, is a massive star-forming region located in the Large ...
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Listen to the universe: How sonification turns data into sound
A technique called sonification allows new discoveries, brings out subtleties in dense data, and makes astronomy more accessible.
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NASA embraced diversity. Trump’s DEI purge is hitting space scientists hard
Some researchers at NASA and outside it feel betrayed by the changes at the agency, which was known for promoting inclusion ...
New Book Reveals Why We Need An Exoplanet Reality Check
Is Earth really exceptional?  A new book seems to reaffirm that notion.  But given the right conditions, primitive life may be a mere byproduct of biophysics.