Mission accomplished for space telescope Gaia
The space telescope Gaia has created the largest three-dimensional map of the Milky Way ever. On January 15, 2025, Gaia shut ...
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Odds of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth go up again
Large telescopes around the world continue to track Asteroid 2024 YR4 before it fades out of view this spring and the odds of the newly discovered asteroid hitting Earth just went up.
NASA’s Webb Just Found Something Unexpected Beyond Neptune
Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are icy bodies that vary widely in size, from large dwarf planets like Pluto and Eris—each ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here's what could happen - and what's being done
In 1908, a 30-meter-wide (98-foot-wide) asteroid struck the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in a remote Siberian forest of Russia, according to the Planetary Society. The event leveled trees and destroyed ...
The Cosmic Illusion That’s Been Warping Exoplanet Discoveries for Years
Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant ...
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NASA's James Webb Telescope reveals secrets of 'waterworld' planet
The exoplanet, discovered in 2009, remained elusive due to dense clouds. Now, scientists have peered through with the James ...
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James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Stunning Secrets of Disc HH 30, Offering a Rare Glimpse at Planet Formation
Webb Telescope captures stunning new images of HH 30, revealing a dynamic protoplanetary disc where planets form.
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope unlocks the mystery of Phoenix galaxy cluster’s star formation
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has recently made observations about galaxy clusters that will help shape our ...
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JWST Spies a Giant Space Hamburger—and Maybe Planetary Origins, Too
It’s neither fast nor food, but a spectacular object called HH 30 looks appetizing for astronomers in a new image from the ...