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Category: 2. Space
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A strange fossil at the edge of the solar system just shook up Planet Nine theories
Subaru Telescope has made an exciting discovery: a small body beyond Pluto, with implications for the formation, evolution, and current structure of the outer Solar System.
The object was found as part of the survey project FOSSIL (Formation of…
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Mysterious object found dancing with Neptune
A team of astronomers led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian has discovered a rare object far beyond Neptune, from a class known as trans-Neptunian objects, that is moving in rhythm with the giant planet. This object, called…
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Astronomers just witnessed planets being born around a baby star 1300 light-years away
International researchers have, for the first time, pinpointed the moment when planets began to form around a star beyond the Sun. Using the ALMA telescope, in which the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is a partner, and the James Webb Space…
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NASA’s IXPE tracked a rare pulsar—and found an unexpected power source
An international team of astronomers has uncovered new evidence to explain how pulsing remnants of exploded stars interact with surrounding matter deep in the cosmos, using observations from NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) and…
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How China will own the moon — unless we act now
America once led the world to the stars. Today, Congress is propping up pork barrel rocket programs while China builds the future. Here’s how we fix it — before it’s too late.
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Astronomers Hunt Universe’s Earliest Secrets From Moon’s Far Side
Researchers aim to study the universe’s ‘Dark Ages’ using a quiet orbit around the Moon. Their small satellite will search for ancient hydrogen signals and cosmic clues. Astronomers hope to uncover insights about the ‘Cosmic Dawn’ by deploying…
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100,000 Cosmic Explosions: NASA’s Roman Telescope Could Solve Universe’s Biggest Mysteries
Roman’s deep, time-lapse survey may reveal a hundred thousand stellar cataclysms, from distant Type Ia supernovae to the self-annihilation of the universe’s first stars, shedding new light on dark energy and the cosmos’s most elusive…
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Dawn of a New Solar System: Watch Planets Begin to Form 1300 Light-Years Away
In a cosmic breakthrough, scientists using the James Webb and ALMA telescopes have caught a rare glimpse of a planetary system in its earliest moments — as hot mineral crystals first begin to solidify around a young star called HOPS-315, 1300…
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