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Webb Finds Hints of a Third Planet at PDS 70

The exoplanet census now stands at 5,599 confirmed discoveries in 4,163 star systems, with another 10,157 candidates awaiting confirmation. So…

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Little Red Dots in Webb Photos Turned Out to Be Quasars

In its first year of operation, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) made some profound discoveries. These included providing the…

3 days ago

Webb Continues to Confirm That Universe is Behaving Strangely

Over a century ago, astronomers Edwin Hubble and Georges Lemaitre independently discovered that the Universe was expanding. Since then, scientists…

4 days ago

NASA and Boeing Release New Rendering of their X-66 Sustainable Experimental Airliner

Climate change is arguably the single greatest threat facing the world today. According to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) by…

5 days ago

What Can We Learn Flying Through the Plumes at Enceladus?

In the next decade, space agencies will expand the search for extraterrestrial life beyond Mars, where all of our astrobiology…

6 days ago

SpaceX is Gearing Up for the Starship’s Third Orbital Test Flight

The Starship/Super Heavy is the world's first fully reusable launch system and the most powerful rocket in history. It is…

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This Hot Jupiter is Doomed to Crash Into its Star in Just Three Million Years

In 2008, astronomers with the SuperWASP survey spotted WASP-12b as it transited in front of its star. At the time,…

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Science Fiction is Learning About Exoplanets From Science

As long as it has existed as a genre, there has been a notable relationship between science fiction and science…

2 weeks ago

Satellite Measurements Show That Global Carbon Emissions are Still Rising

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), human activities have significantly impacted the planet.…

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Into Totality: Our Complete Guide to the April 8th Total Solar Eclipse Across North America

What to watch for on April 8th as totality sweeps across the continent.

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