A new study led by recent undergraduate student Caitlyn Nojiri and co-authored by astronomy and astrophysics professor Enrico ...

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Planet demographics reveal a puzzling lack of worlds in a certain size range throughout the galaxy F or centuries our solar system was the only planetary system known to humans. We had no proof other ...

Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision. But their proximity also offers ample opportunities to learn more about the ...

Aimed at the nearby star PDS 70, the James Webb Space Telescope is watching newborn planets take shape before our eyes in ...

When astronomers detected the first known interstellar object, 'Oumuamua, in 2017, it sparked a host of new studies trying to ...

A new study examines how much material from the closest star system to Earth will end up in orbit around the Sun, and how ...

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The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...

In the vast expanse of the universe, astronomers have just uncovered a colossal cosmic structure, breaking all previous records for size and mass. Named Quipu, this newly discovered superstructure ...

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