Astronomy

The solution to the riddle of the sun

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immigrants from the outskirts

Assay results from samples from the asteroid Ryugu point to a formation site beyond the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn. © JAXA, University...

Lunar rockfalls

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Revealing impacts on Mars

Depiction of the meteorite impact of December 24, 2021 on Mars and the propagation of the surface waves to the InSight probe. ©...

The Magnetic Moon

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Planets can “rejuvenate” their stars

Artist's rendering of a hot Jupiter orbiting its host star closely. The "twin star" of the double system can be seen in the...

The fiery red planet

The peak of volcanism on Mars was three to four billion years ago. But signals point to continued unrest. © ESA/DLR/FU (G. Neukum) ...

Astronomers discover the closest black hole to Earth

An inactive stellar black hole and a sun-like star (illustration). © International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine/M. Zamani ...

The rediscovery of our neighboring world

World not so strange anymore: Impression of the Mars crater Jezero, taken in July 2021 by the NASA rover Perseverance. The hill in...

Black holes: middle class on the trail

Images of the center of galaxy SDSS J152120.07+140410.5 have captured a black hole consuming a star. Credit: NASA, ESA, Ryan Foley/UC ...

Magnetic field reversal in the solar corona

Image of a switchback in the solar corona.© ESA&NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI&Metis teams and D. Telloni et al. (2022) ...

The sea in Pluto’s underworld

Pluto and Charon. Illustration of the surface of Pluto with its moon Charon in the sky at upper left. An ice volcano...

Lunar loss may have created Saturn’s rings

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The cosmic dynamics in sight

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How a new worldview emerged

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Einstein’s biggest mistake

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The primal momentum

Urschlag instead of Big Bang: Perhaps the universe did not form from an inexplicable zero point in space-time, but exists forever. The Big...

Quantum entanglement explorer awarded

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Stuff for new stars

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Successful O₂ production on Mars

The MOXIE instrument, weighing around 17 kilograms, was installed in the Perseverance rover and is now in use on the red planet. ©NASA/JPL...

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