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Some of the universe's oldest stars have been discovered in the Milky Way
Quartz· 2 hours agoThe stars are in the Milky Way’s halo, a shroud of stars that surrounds the galactic disk. The stars...
Researchers discover "super fluffy" planet with cotton candy-like density
CBS News· 3 hours agoResearchers discovered a huge planet 1,200 light years from Earth with a density comparable to that of cotton candy, scientists said Monday. WASP-193b is an exoplanet, which ...
New exoplanet’s cotton candy-density can’t be explained
Cosmos· 13 hours agoAstronomers continue to be puzzled about the formation of the so-called cotton candy planets, and ...
A massive cotton candy-like exoplanet stumps astronomers
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 7 hours ago“The planet is so light that it’s difficult...scientist Julien de Wit said in a statement. “The...
Don’t Panic—At Least, Not about a Nearby Supernova
Scientific American· 4 days agoHappily that’s usually the case; of the thousands of supernovae that astronomers find every year, most are hundreds of millions of light-years from us—so...
NASA discovers atmosphere around rocky planet outside our solar system
TweakTown· 2 days agoNASA has confirmed the James Webb Space Telescope may have detected atmospheric gases around a...
Images show what it's like to fall into a black hole
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 24 hours agoUnder those extreme conditions, things get weird: time ticks by differently than on Earth and light travels on strange paths, warping your view of...
Strange, red-glowing planet may be 'melting from within,' scientists report
LiveScience· 13 hours agoThe newfound planet, named TOI-6713.01, is the innermost world in a known planetary system with two...
Astronomers spot 'sleeping giant' black hole Gaia BH3 in Milky Way
Astronomy Magazine· 5 days agoNow known to weigh roughly 33 times our Sun, the cosmic behemoth is the heaviest stellar black hole yet found in the Milky Way. The newfound black hole, an intense, light-trapping ...
Space: Controversy over life on planet K2-18b
Weston Forum· 1 day agoNASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was supposed to have discovered the material on an exoplanet called K2-18b, 120 light-years from Earth. DMS is...