The much-anticipated James Webb Space Telescope will soon launch. But with plenty more epic astronomy instruments…
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How the James Webb telescope will rewrite the story of the universe
The most anticipated space telescope ever is about to launch. It will give us a clear…
Extremely dense planet with an enormous iron core has an 8-hour year
A small, dense planet found using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is similar to Mercury, with…
Small Jupiter-like planets hint we need to rethink how gas giants form
We thought young gas giant planets would be large and low-density, but the gas giants around…
Sun-like stars may go through brighter phases as they grow up
Computer modelling supports the idea that nascent stars brighten dramatically during growth spurts, which could explain…
Is our solar system a cosmic oddity? Evidence from exoplanets says yes
When we started finding planetary systems around other stars we thought many of them would be…
Hubble takes amazing photos of the Prawn Nebula and a newborn star
When clouds of dust and gas collapse to form new stars, the light show is a…
A pair of nearby supermassive black holes are heading for a collision
Two supermassive black holes have been discovered just 1600 light years apart, and they are likely…
An ultra-hot gas giant exoplanet orbits its star once every 16 hours
The second hottest planet ever found is being pulled into its star faster than any planet…
Mysterious origin of Earth's water may be explained by solar wind
Evidence from asteroids shows that charged particles from the sun can turn dust grains into water…