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Should This Alien World Even Exist? This Young Disk Could Challenge Planet-Formation Theories
Take a close look at the blurry image above. See that gap in the cloud? That could be a planet…
What Do Comet PANSTARRS And Pinocchio Have In Common?
While comets can't tell lies, they do sometimes grow long noses. As the weeks click by and our perspective on…
Closely-Orbiting Stellar Companions Surrounded by “Mystery Dust”
Artist's concept showing a dust disk around a binary system containing a white dwarf and a less-massive M (red) dwarf…
The Case of the Disappearing Dust
Astronomy has always taught us that planets form from vast clouds of dust and gas orbiting young stars. It's a…
M33’s “Object-X”
Often times, objects that are unremarkable in one portion of the spectra, can often be vivid in others. In M33,…
Could Mars Dust Be “Levitated” Away?
What could potentially be the biggest problem during a human mission to Mars? One NASA study says, surprisingly, that dust…
Mysterious Alien Dust Hints at Violent Planet Formation
An artist's rendition of colliding planets, the most likely explanation for the warm dust observed around HD 131488. Image credit:…