Most people know the theory that an asteroid smashed into Earth — hitting what is now the Yucatán Peninsula —…
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Most of the information we have about planets beyond our solar system (exoplanets) comes from looking at dips in starlight…
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Day 25 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar December 25, 2024, 8 AM ET NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J.…
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Day 16 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar December 16, 2024, 10:46 AM ET NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J.…
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NASA’s Juno spacecraft has made several close swoops by Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io, and it’s beamed back stunning views of…
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With spectacular landscapes and soothing music, Europa is a deeply zen experience – yet is also capable of delivering some…
Read More »Researchers have discovered the most distant Milky-Way-like galaxy yet observed. Dubbed REBELS-25, this disc galaxy seems as orderly as present-day…
Read More »An innovative analysis of shared segments within the genome — an indication of distant “relatedness” — has identified undiagnosed cases…
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