Unexpected atmosphere on lava planet is an exciting surprise

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Gargantuan black hole may be a remnant from the dawn of the universe

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Bright blue cosmic outbursts linked to black holes

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2026 Mars mission will set out to solve the mystery of its moons

The MMX probe will visit Mars’s moons JAXA The mystery of how Mars acquired its moons,…

Rare Saturn-sized rogue planet is first to have its mass measured

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Calendar of space events 2026

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Are Uranus and Neptune rock giants and not ice giants?

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Dwarf planet Ceres discovered 225 years ago today

Dwarf planet Ceres’ Occator crater in false color showing surface composition via NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ UCLA/ MPS/…

What Stranger Things gets right about wormholes : NPR

This computer illustration shows an Einstein-Rosen bridge, also known as a wormhole. Wormholes feature heavily in…

Long-duration M7.1 solar flare erupts from AR 4324

A Type IV and Type II (estimated velocity of 893 km/s) radio emissions were associated with…