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This Giant Cosmic ‘Butterfly’ Is a Planet-Forming Disk
Smithsonian Magazine· 21 hours agoAbout 1,000 light-years away, a vast disk of gas and dust is offering astronomers a peek at how planets are born. U.S. Naval Observatory astronomer Ciprian Berghea first spotted the disk in ...
Planet-forming disk around small star offers big surprises
KFGO· 5 days agoBy Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stars about the size of our sun are not the most common ones...
NASA, Global Astronomers Await Rare Nova Explosion - NASA
NASA· 5 days agoAround the world this summer, professional and amateur astronomers alike will be fixed on one small...
A 'new star' could appear in the sky any night now. Here's how to see the Blaze Star ignite
Space via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoT Coronae Borealis will erupt with a magnificent explosion sometime between now and September,...
Mysterious "Phoenix" world challenges theories of planetary evolution
Newsweek· 20 hours agoAstronomers have discovered an unusual exoplanet that has managed to retain its atmosphere despite intense nearby radiation from a giant red star. Researchers at Johns Hopkins ...
Digital Cameras Revolutionized Astronomy. Then They Found Their Way into Your Pocket
Scientific American· 4 days agoIt’s true that the very best pictures still require large observatories on the ground or in space,...
NASA reveals why it's so hard to spot alien life — even with Webb
Mashable· 3 days agoNASA suspects our galaxy may teem with trillions of planets. The prospect of using Webb, which can...
Spunky Exoplanet Inexplicably Survives Host Star's Death Throes
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIn his search for giant stars hosting large worlds, Samuel Grunblatt, an astrophysicist at Johns...
Io’s Fiery Secrets: Unveiling Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon With New Imaging Tech
SciTechDaily· 2 days agoAdvanced imaging technology has captured unprecedentedly clear images of Jupiter’s moon Io,...
A 'new star' could appear in the sky any night now. Here's how to see the Blaze Star ignite.
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe "Blaze Star" T Coronae Borealis will erupt with a magnificent explosion sometime between now and...