2026 • Jan 03
Researchers spot Saturn-sized planet in the “Einstein desert”
Rogue, free-floating planets appear to have two distinct origins. ...
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2025 • Dec 17
The $4.3 billion space telescope Trump tried to cancel is now complete
"We're going to be making 3D movies of what is going on in the Milky Way galaxy." ...
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2025 • Nov 25
Formation of oceans within icy moons could cause the waters to boil
A rigid ice shell over a shrinking interior makes for pressures low enough to boil. ...
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2025 • Nov 20
NASA really wants you to know that 3I/ATLAS is an interstellar comet
A rundown of what we know of the third extrasolar object we've identified. ...
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2025 • Nov 13
Stunning aurora australis lights up sky above New Zealand and Australia after ‘cannibal’ solar storm
The geomagnetic storm, caused by powerful bursts of energy from the sun, also postponed the launch of two Mars-bound Nasa spacecraft in the US
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2025 • Nov 10
Runaway black hole mergers may have built supermassive black holes
Early superdense star clusters may have planted seeds for monster black holes. ...
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2025 • Oct 01
Researchers find a carbon-rich moon-forming disk around giant exoplanet
Lots of carbon molecules but little sign of water in a super-Jupiter's disk. ...
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2025 • Sep 11
New black hole merger bolsters Hawking area theorem
Physicists spliced merger's gravitational signal into isolated frequencies to determine surface areas. ...
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2025 • Jul 30
Planetary scientist Michele Dougherty made first female UK astronomer royal
Physicist who worked on Nasa Cassini mission ‘absolutely delighted’ after being awarded 350-year-old title A planetary scientist whose research revealed the possibility of extraterrestrial l...
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