Astronomy

Astronomy

A super-tight collision product?

Artist's impression of the enigmatic exoplanet TOI-1853b. © Luca Naponiello Denser than steel: Astronomers report a Neptune-sized exoplanet with a gigantic mass. It is about...
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Can planets share an orbit?

A planet and its possible Trojan (circled dashed) orbiting the star PDS 70. © ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) /Balsalobre-Ruza et al. ...
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Why Venus is so “hot-blooded”.

Presentation video for the study. ©Southwest Research Institute What is the secret of our planetary neighbor's "fiery temper" and "youthful looks"? A model simulation now...
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“Wet” planetary nursery discovered

Artist's rendering of the water-rich inner disc of PDS 70 and the two gas giant planets that have already formed. © MPIA ...
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Insight into the mysteries of planet formation

A combination of two exposures detail the complex material system around the star V960 Mon. © ESO/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Weber et al. ...
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Faintest galaxy in the early cosmos

Galaxy JD1 (detail) and the galaxy cluster Abell 2744, which acts as a gravitational lens. © Guido Roberts-Borsani/UCLA); Original images: NASA, ESA, CSA,...
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Organic Molecules in an Early Galaxy

The early galaxy's light was distorted into a ring by gravitational lensing. The orange area in the ring indicates the spectral signature of...
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Additional planet discovered in “Tatooine System”.

Illustration of the method that led to the discovery of the circumbinary planet: In the radial velocity method, tiny shifts in the light spectrum...
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Phosphates in Enceladus’ Ocean

Beneath Enceladus' icy crust lies an ocean of liquid water that feeds its geysers. © Pitris/ iStock ...
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Special steam in distant hell atmosphere

Artist's rendering of the ultra-hot planet WASP-76b. © International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine/M. Zamani Extreme heat with a mobilizing effect: astronomers have detected several rock-forming...
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Stellar giants in sight

In the universe far larger stars shine than our sun. © Nazarii Neshcherenskyi/iStock They have enormous proportions – and their importance is also huge: In...
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Why metal-poor stars favor life

Although metal-poor stars irradiate their planets with more UV light than metal-rich ones, the ratio of ozone-forming UV-C to ozone-depleting UV-B radiation allows a...
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New look at the core of Mars

Seismic waves traversing the core of Mars have provided new insights into its features. © NASA/JPL; Nicholas Schmerr ...
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Asteroid Phaeton does not have a dust tail

Asteroid (3200) Phaeton near the sun (illustration). © NASA/JPL-Caltech/IPAC Unlike most meteor showers, the Geminids are not caused by a comet, but by the asteroid...
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Stellar dancing couple with a dark future

Artist's impression of the binary star system SSN 7: The smaller and hotter star with 32 solar masses (left) loses material to its 55...
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Galactic giants of the early cosmos

Six early galaxies imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope. © NASA/ESA/CSA, I Labbe (Swinburne University of Technology); Image processing: G. Brammer...
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A young star at the black hole

Jungstern X3a and its surroundings. © Florian Peißker Extreme conditions prevail around the black hole at the center of the Milky Way – enormous tidal...
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Protostar connects solar system water and interstellar medium

Planet-forming disk around protostar V883 Orionis and water molecules partially composed of deuterium (illustration). ©ESO/L. Calçada ...
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What was before the Big Bang?

What formed the beginning of all being - or did it exist at all? Artist's rendering of the Big Bang. ...
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Fewer and fewer stars visible in the sky

Light pollution from the very dark sky (left) to the inner-city sky. © NOIRLab/NSF/AURA, P. Marenfeld ...
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