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Astronomers find the biggest known batch of planet ingredients swirling around young star
Houston Chronicle· 2 days agoAstronomers have discovered what they believe is the biggest known batch of planet-making ingredients swirling around a young star. The diameter of this colossal disk is roughly ...
Jupiter's elusive 5th moon caught crossing the Great Red Spot in new NASA images
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 day agoNASA's Juno spacecraft has spotted the elusive fifth moon of Jupiter transiting the giant planet's...
Webb telescope uncovers merger of two massive black holes from early universe
The Hill· 7 hours agoThe Webb Space Telescope has discovered the earliest known merger of black holes. It’s the most distant detection ever made of merging black holes, scientists reported Thursday. One black hole ...
A new history brings to life people, places and innovations of Wisconsin astronomy
University of Wisconsin - Madison· 15 hours agoThe following is an excerpt from a new book, Chasing the Stars: How the Astronomers of Observatory...
Space photo of the week: 'God's Hand' leaves astronomers scratching their heads
Live Science via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIt's a chance alignment because the galaxy is over 100 million light-years beyond. A zoomable...
Galactic Rings of Power: Astronomers Uncover Massive Magnetic Toroids in the Milky Way Halo
SciTechDaily· 2 days agoAstrophysicists have discovered large magnetic toroids in the Milky Way’s halo, which impact cosmic...
Cosmic butterfly or interstellar burger? This planet-forming disk is the largest ever seen
Space via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThen in 2016, while conducting a survey of active galaxies in the region of the constellation of...
New exoplanet’s cotton candy-density can’t be explained
Cosmos· 3 days agoAstronomers continue to be puzzled about the formation of the so-called cotton candy planets, and...
Astronomers find the biggest known batch of planet ingredients swirling around young star
WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke· 2 days agoAstronomers have discovered what they believe is the biggest known batch of planet-making ingredients swirling around a young star. The diameter of this colossal disk is roughly ...
Astronomers find the biggest known batch of planet ingredients swirling around young star
Phys.org· 2 days agoThe diameter of this colossal disk is roughly 3,300 times the distance between Earth and the sun, with enough gas and dust to form super-sized planets in far-flung orbits, the U.S. and German ...