Legendary Star’s Smooth Disk Mystifies Astronomers, Challenges Planet Formation Theories
Legendary Star Lacks Evidence for Large Planet Construction Ever since the dawn of human consciousness, skywatchers have been ...
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The Webb Telescope Found A Planet Orbiting A Star 35 Light Years Away — Its Data Is Just Plain Odd
Recent data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggests that a planet orbiting a small, red star 35 light years away ...
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Hubble watches neutron stars collide and explode to create black hole and 'birth atoms'
Astronomers have used a range of telescopes, including Hubble, to watch as particles dance around a neutron star collision ...
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NASA defends selection of astrophysics probe mission proposals
NASA defended the selection of two concepts for study as the agency’s first astrophysics probe-class mission amid community complaints that the two missions are not on an equal footing.
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How the Pentagon, NATO, and U.S. Foreign Relations Could be Reshaped by Trump’s Return
This week, we examine how the incoming administration’s policies will shape U.S. national defense and global issues.
Nearly three years since launch, Webb is a hit among astronomers
These are just a taste of the discoveries made by the $10 billion Webb telescope since it began science observations in 2022.
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'Ridiculously smooth': James Webb telescope spies unusual pancake-like disk around nearby star Vega — and scientists can't explain it
The nearby bright star Vega is surrounded by a surprisingly smooth, 100 billion-mile-wide disk of cosmic dust, confirming ...
Scientists say giant crater on dark side of the Moon is 4.32 billion years old
A team of researchers investigated the formation of the massive South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, discovering its age by analysing a lunar meteorite found in Algeria in 2005 ...
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James Webb Space Telescope Spots Cosmic Structure Eerily Similar to a Scene From Sagan’s ‘Contact’
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have observed a massive disk surrounding the star Vega in unprecedented new ...
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'Vega continues to be unusual:' Lack of planets around young star puzzles astronomers
A joint Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project to learn more about the dusty disk around the bright star Vega ...