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JWST spots a planet chasing its own atmosphere through spaceNew James Webb telescope observations of the 'super-puff' planet WASP-107b show that the exoplanet's runaway atmosphere is frantically escaping into space.
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Did a NASA telescope really 'see' dark matter? Strange gamma-rays spark bold claims, but scientists urge cautionA new study says observations from the NASA Fermi space telescope suggest a halo of dark matter around the center of our galaxy, but more information is needed to confirm the result.
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Blue Origin New Glenn rocket: New launch window for historic Mars mission after solar storm delayTwin Mars spacecraft were due to launch on Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket on Nov. 12, but an active sun prompted NASA to delay its mission until Thursday (Nov. 13).
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Scientists detect monster blast from nearby star that could rip the atmosphere off a planetIn a small blow to the search for extraterrestrial life, a nearby star shot out a strong enough coronal mass ejection to strip away the atmosphere of any rocky planets that could have been in the way.
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James Webb telescope may have found the first stars in the universe, new study claimsThe James Webb Space Telescope may have discovered Population III stars, the universe's first generation of stars. They may tell us more about how galaxies form.
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'Unlike any we've ever seen': Record-breaking black hole eruption is brighter than 10 trillion sunsAstronomers spotted a flaring black hole that may be consuming a star at least 30 times more massive than the sun. At its peak, the flare was brighter than 10 trillion stars.
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Astronomers discover bizarre 'runaway' planet that's acting like a star, eating 6 billion tons per secondThe James Webb and Very Large telescopes spotted a free-floating planet accreting material at a record rate, displaying behavior similar to how stars form. Scientists aren't clear as to why.
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Physicists detect rare 'second-generation' black holes that prove Einstein right... againPhysicists have analyzed two enormous black hole mergers that happened one month apart and have come up with tantalizing evidence that rare "second-generation" black holes were involved.
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Mystery of the sun's mind-bogglingly hot atmosphere may finally be solvedScientists have spotted elusive "magnetic waves" in the sun's atmosphere that may explain why the sun's corona is much hotter than its surface.
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James Webb telescope finds that galaxies in the early universe were much more chaotic than we thoughtUsing the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have charted billions of years of galactic evolution, finding that galaxies near the dawn of time were much more chaotic than they are today.
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$20 million NASA mission to visit 'God of Chaos' asteroid saved from budget cuts in last-minute decisionNASA's OSIRIS-APEX mission, which was one of 19 designated to be canceled by the Trump administration, has been saved from the chopping block in a last-minute decision. There will be a significant change to its structure, however.
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Soar through a 1,000-mile-long maze on Mars in this mesmerizing new satellite videoA stunning new video, made from Mars Express orbiter data, allows you to soar over a gigantic maze on the Red Planet in incredible detail.
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A 'Great Wave' is rippling through our galaxy, pushing thousands of stars out of placeA giant 'wave' is rippling through the Milky Way, pushing thousands of stars across the galaxy, and scientists don't know what triggered it.
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'City killer' asteroid could be nuked before close encounter with the moonThe potential 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 has a small chance of hitting the moon in 2032. In a new paper, scientists probe the logistics of destroying it — possibly with nuclear weapons — before it comes too close.
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'Dramatic' changes spotted in first black hole ever imagedThe polarization pattern around M87* — the first black hole to be directly imaged by the Event Horizon Telescope — has changed direction, and scientists aren't sure why.
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New 'quasi-moon' discovered in Earth orbit may have been hiding there for decadesA near-Earth asteroid lurked undetected for decades until a telescope in Hawaii spotted it earlier this year. It may be Earth's newest quasi-moon.
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Confirmed! Black hole merger shows Stephen Hawking theory was rightBlack holes get bigger as they merge, the LIGO Collaboration confirmed with a new observation that could finally prove a decades-old Stephen Hawking theory.
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James Webb telescope spots odd disk around star that could shatter planet formation theoriesAstronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a planet-forming disk that almost entirely lacks water, challenging prevailing theories.
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Cataclysmic crash with neighboring planet may be the reason there's life on Earth today, new studies hintEarly Earth may not have had the right ingredients for life — until a nearby Mars-size planet crashed into it, two new studies hint.
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Bennu sample contains dust older than the solar system itselfThe near-Earth asteroid Bennu contains stardust that is older than the solar system and clues about its violent history, three new studies of the asteroid's sample materials show.
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Spotify-like AI helps discover never-before-seen supernova as greedy star attempts to eat a black holeWith help from AI, astronomers have spotted a never-before-seen kind of supernova that seems to have been blowing up just as it was trying to gobble down a black hole.
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Colossal black hole 36 billion times the mass of our sun is one of the largest ever seen in the universeWe know little about how young galaxies and their black holes grew up.
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'The most significant JWST finding to date': James Webb spots — then loses — a giant planet orbiting in the habitable zone of our closest sun-like starAlpha Centauri may have a "disappearing planet', new James Webb Space Telescope observations hint. If confirmed, it could be the closest alien planet to Earth that orbits in its star's habitable zone.
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Scientists may finally know why the first stars in the universe left no traceThe very first stars in the universe may have been much smaller than scientists thought — potentially explaining why we can't find evidence of them today.
