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Network of Robotic Telescopes Finds New Earth-Sized World Orbiting an Ultra-Cool Star
SciTechDaily· 1 day agoAstronomers have discovered an Earth-sized planet, SPECULOOS-3 b, orbiting an ultra-cool red dwarf star just 55 light years away. This tidally locked planet, which completes an orbit every 17 ...
When Was Earth Last Struck by a Supernova?
Scientific American· 5 days agoIn this case, a supernova within about 160 light-years, or 1.5 quadrillion kilometers, would qualify. Iron 60 is a radioactive isotope of iron that...
‘Atlas’ Review: Jennifer Lopez Stars in Artificial, Unintelligent Sci-Fi Thriller
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 5 days agoBrad Peyton’s middling mech suit-‘em-up for Netflix costars Sterling K. Brown and Simu Liu The post...
How Drake Maye could benefit from one aspect of Patriots' rebuild
NBC Sports Boston via Yahoo Sports· 10 hours agoHow Drake Maye could benefit from one aspect of Patriots' rebuild originally appeared on NBC Sports...
Starless And Forever Alone: More 'Rogue' Planets Discovered
International Business Times· 2 hours agoThe Euclid space telescope has discovered seven more rogue planets, shining a light on the dark and...
Astronomers identify most likely habitable Earthlike planet yet that no-one reading this will ever...
Boing Boing· 4 days agoGliese 12b orbits a red dwarf 40 light years again and is reportedly the most promising candidate...
Astronomers Just Calculated The Spin Speed of a Supermassive Black Hole
ScienceAlert via Yahoo News· 7 days agoA feast devoured by a supermassive black hole a billion light-years from Earth has revealed how fast that black hole spins on its axis. Changes in the flare of light as the black hole woke up ...
Does the Milky Way orbit anything?
Space via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoA white spiral of stars and gas in space. It seems like everything orbits something in space. Moons orbit planets. Planets orbit stars. Stars orbit the...
Look for Vega to find Hercules
Payson Roundup· 9 hours agoIf you look to the northeast around 9 p.m., you'll notice a bright, blue star about 20 degrees above the horizon. That star, Vega, lies 26 light years away. This
Webb Telescope’s Breakthrough: First Atmospheric Discovery on a Rocky Super-Earth
SciTechDaily· 3 days agoGas bubbling up from a lava-covered surface on the exoplanet 55 Cancri e may feed an atmosphere rich...