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New calculations offer a closer peek at Pluto’s ocean

New calculations are bringing an ocean of liquid water deep beneath the icy surface of Pluto into focus, a new study shows. In a paper...

NASA is practicing for the Moon with partial space suits

In just a few short years, NASA hopes to put humans back on the lunar surface. The first moonwalk in more than 50 years is...

Astronomers propose a 14-meter infrared space telescope

The Universe wants us to understand its origins. Every second of every day, it sends us a multitude of signals, each one a clue to...

Webb Telescope explains a puffy planet

I love the concept of a ‘puffy’ planet! The exoplanets discovered that fall into this category are typically the same size of Jupiter but...

Scientists discover potentially habitable ‘Exo-Venus’ 40 light-years away

Astronomers have discovered an intriguing Earth-like exoplanet, named Gliese 12 b, located 40 light-years away. This planet, which may be slightly warmer than Earth, could...

A new Venus-sized world found in the habitable zone of its star

The parade of interesting new exoplanets continues. Today, NASA issued a press release announcing the discovery of a new exoplanet in the Gliese 12 system,...

This is the largest planet-forming disk ever seen

Roughly 1,000 light-years from Earth, there is a cosmic structure known as IRAS 23077+6707 (IRAS 23077) that resembles a giant butterfly. Ciprian T. Berghea, an...

Maybe ultra-hot Jupiters aren’t so doomed after all

Ultra-hot Jupiters (UHJs) are some of the most fascinating astronomical objects in the cosmos, classified as having orbital periods of less than approximately 3...

Scientists discover a giant cosmic butterfly: The largest planet-forming disk ever seen

Astronomers have made an exciting discovery: a gigantic, cosmic butterfly in the night sky that turns out to be the largest planet-forming disk ever...

After swirling around a black hole, matter just falls straight in

The physics surrounding black holes is just plain weird. A gravitational well so strong that not even light can escape can do some pretty...