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Another Earth-like Exoplanet Crossed Off The List: The JWST Shows That GJ 3929b Has No Atmosphere

Astrobitica August 21, 2025

In 2022, astronomers announced the discovery of GJ 3929b. It’s a rocky planet, similar to Earth in...

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Astronomers discover strange new type of supernova: ‘This is the first time we have seen a star that was essentially stripped to the bone’

Astrobitica August 21, 2025

A weird and extremely violent new type of supernova in which a massive star was "stripped to...

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How do the biggest stars in the universe grow so large?

Astrobitica August 21, 2025

Some stars in the universe grow to 300 times larger our own sun. But how do they...

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Dark matter in gas giants could collapse into detectable black holes, model suggests

Astrobitica August 21, 2025

More than 5,000 planets have been discovered beyond our solar system, allowing scientists to explore planetary evolution...

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How NASA’s Artemis II lunar science operations will inform future missions

Astrobitica August 21, 2025

NASA’s Artemis II mission, set to send four astronauts on a nearly 10-day mission around the moon...

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If aliens explore space like humans do, NASA scientists know where to look for their signals

Astrobitica August 21, 2025

Studying the signals that humanity beams through the solar system has allowed a team of NASA researchers...

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Uranus’ 29th Moon Can’t Hide From The JWST

Astrobitica August 21, 2025

The JWST has found another moon orbiting Uranus. It’s the planet’s 29th known moon, and it bears...

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The future of space infrastructure

Astrobitica August 21, 2025

In this week’s episode of Space Minds, host David Ariostor speaks with Al Tadros, Chief Technology Officer...

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‘It’s not over!’ — Invasion’ Season 3 clip carries an ominous warning from Trevante (exclusive)

Astrobitica August 21, 2025

Our heroic Navy SEAL gets interrogated years after the alien mothership plummets to Earth

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Black holes may be the engines driving the universe’s dark energy

Astrobitica August 21, 2025

Researchers at Durham and collaborators in the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) mission have proposed a bold...

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Close-up images reveal asteroid debris plume after DART impact

Astrobitica August 21, 2025

On Sept. 11, 2022, engineers at a flight control center in Turin, Italy, sent a radio signal...

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Black Moon darkens August skies — here’s how to hunt sparking wonders in the Milky Way this weekend

Astrobitica August 21, 2025

The Double Cluster, Wild Duck open Cluster, and Coathanger asterism are on display in August.

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The Stunning Astrogeology of the Apollo Missions

Astrobitica August 21, 2025

Neil Armstrong almost made a mistake. He had found an interesting rock sticking out of a formation....

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Astronomers trace massive cosmic explosion back 12 billion years. ‘This is the most distant event where we can directly see light escaping from around stars’

Astrobitica August 21, 2025

Astronomers used the Einstein Probe to track a powerful blast of X-rays back to its source in...

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Brightest-ever fast radio burst allows researchers to identify its origin

Astrobitica August 21, 2025

An international team of astronomers has observed one of the brightest fast radio bursts (FRBs) ever detected—and...

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Reining in the sun: Venus, Earth and Jupiter may work together to reduce the risk of extreme solar storms

Astrobitica August 21, 2025

Tidal forces from Earth, Venus and Jupiter may help keep the sun calm, reducing the risk of...

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How to reconcile space mining with the Outer Space Treaty

Astrobitica August 21, 2025

Despite the arrival of privately funded lunar mining companies, advancements in space resource legislation (such as the...

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Watch SpaceX launch US Space Force’s classified X-37B space plane today

Astrobitica August 21, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will liftoff Thursday, Aug. 21, with the Boeing-built X-37B space plane for...

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What happened before the Big Bang? Computational method may provide answers

Astrobitica August 21, 2025

We’re often told it is “unscientific” or “meaningless” to ask what happened before the Big Bang. But...

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SpaceX has built the machine to build the machine. But what about the machine?

Astrobitica August 21, 2025

STARBASE, Texas—I first visited SpaceX's launch site in South Texas a decade ago. Driving down the pocked...

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