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Life didn’t just happen on Earth, a new study suggests that the slow, grinding rise of our...
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If you’ve ever taken an introductory astronomy class, you’ve probably seen the Hertzsprung-Russell (HR) diagram. This graph...
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The cosmological constant has been a problem in physics since Einstein, but new research may show why...
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Jupiter, the gravitational behemoth that makes up a lion’s share of our solar system’s planetary content, is...
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In 2025, a retreating glacier in Alaska caused a landslide into a fjord named Tracy Arm. The...
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You’re an anaerobic microbe sunbathing on a Martian beach billions of years ago listening to the small...
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When NASA’s Artemis II spacecraft carried four astronauts around the Moon earlier this year, the world’s largest...
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Turn on your kitchen tap and watch the water hit the sink. That split second where fast,...
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Step outside on a clear night almost anywhere in Britain and look up. Chances are you won’t...
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on the Starlink 10-38 mission from Space Launch Complex 40...
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A close flyby past the Red Planet this week will send NASA’s Psyche mission on its way...
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A streak shot of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket during the CAS500-2 mission, which launched from Vandenberg Space...
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Brown dwarfs are notoriously difficult to find. These “failed stars” aren’t big enough to sustain nuclear fusion,...
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Extremely powerful quasars in the early Universe drove star-forming gas out of their galaxies. These Super-quasars are...
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The search for life elsewhere focuses on biosignatures. These are chemicals in atmospheres that can only be...
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During the 1970s, pioneering experiments were conducted that are known today as Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence (METI). At...
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An artist’s interpretation of a Firefly Aerospace rocket atop a Seagate Space Gateway Series spaceport. Graphic: Firefly...
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Every time an astronomer points a telescope at a distant supernova, they’re trying to measure how far...
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A streak shot of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at...
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Hot Jupiters are the bullies of the planetary world. These colossal gas giants orbit impossibly close to...