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Mysterious "Phoenix" world challenges theories of planetary evolution
Newsweek· 2 days 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 ...
Mysterious Origins: Polarized Light Transforms Our Understanding of Fast Radio Bursts
SciTechDaily· 22 hours agoThis finding contrasts with earlier studies which suggested that repeating FRBs come from highly...
Rocky, carbon-rich exoplanets more likely around tiny stars, James Webb Space Telescope reveals
Space via Yahoo News· 6 days agoA glowing yellow orb in the center of the screen surrounded a disk of gassy material. Using the...
Meet Phoenix: The New Exoplanet That Should Be A Bare Rock But Isn’t
IFLScience· 7 days agoAstronomers have discovered a planet that has made them question both what we know about hot...
Youthful galaxy in the early universe was a heavy metal rebel
Space via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe detection is notable because not only is it the oldest carbon known, it is the first time that...
Earliest, most distant galaxy discovered with James Webb Space Telescope
UC Newsroom· 6 days agoAn international team of astronomers today announced the discovery using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of the two earliest and most distant galaxies yet confirmed ...
'Super' Star Cluster Shines in New Look From NASA's Chandra - NASA
NASA· 5 days agoWesterlund 1 is the biggest and closest “super” star cluster to Earth. New data from NASA’s Chandra...
Recent Cosmic Collision Shakes Up Milky Way History
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 6 days agoEvidence of the Milky Way’s past is encoded in wrinkles of stars, whose positions and movements have shifted as our galaxy has interacted with other...
Physicist's gravity revelation may finish 'endless search' for dark matter
Newsweek· 21 hours agoDark matter is a hypothetical form of matter, thought to account for 80 percent of the matter in the...
Northern Lights May Be Back: Here’s Where You Could See The Aurora Borealis
Forbes· 5 days agoForecasters predict a geomagnetic storm may cause enough solar activity to create visible aurora...