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Space Junk Will Make Astronomy More Difficult And More Expensive, Says New Report

Jessica Mar 20, 2023 0

Space near the Earth is becoming crowded by thousands of orbiting satellites and astronomers now ... fear that important astronomical discoveries could become “lost in the noise” of…
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Welcome To Janssen, The ‘Hell Planet’ Of Lava And Diamonds Where A Year Lasts 18 Hours

Jessica Dec 15, 2022 0

This artist’s impression shows the super-Earth 55 Cancri e in front of its parent star. Using ... observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and new analytic software…
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New Research Suggests That Earth Formed Much Earlier Than Previously Thought

Jessica Nov 23, 2022 0

Planet formation got going early, with the first bodies forming concurrently with the star, say ... scientists. Amanda Smith Earth and the other planets in the solar system have been…
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Bizarre ‘Smoke Rings’ In Space Revealed In Jaw-Dropping New Webb Telescope Image, But What Are They?

Jessica Oct 12, 2022 0

The two stars in Wolf-Rayet 140, shown here, produce shells of dust every eight years that look like ... rings, as seen in this image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Each ring…
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‘Primordial’ Alien Planets May Be Habitable For Billions Of Years Suggests New Research

Jessica Jun 28, 2022 0

This artist's concept depicts a system, called KOI-961, that hosts the three smallest exoplanets ... known so far to orbit a star other than our sun. (Photo by:…
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