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Life on K2-18b? Exciting new results met with skepticism
View larger. | Artist’s concept of K2-18b as a Hycean world with a global ocean and…
Is our whole universe spinning? A new study suggests it is
Our planet, solar system and even the Milky Way galaxy are spinning. But is our entire…
Most meteorites that hit Earth aren’t typical. Why?
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Doug Ingram from Bodalla, Australia, captured this fireball on September…
Rare Tatooine world has a weird orbit around brown dwarfs
Strange Tatooine world: A planet in a perpendicular orbit around 2 brown dwarfs. Video via ESO.…
Large Magellanic Cloud is ripping apart its smaller neighbor
The Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud from the European Southern Observatory’s Paranal Observatory…
Is there life on Titan? If so, it’s very rare
View larger. | This artist’s illustration depicts Titan’s organic-rich surface, with a lake near the north…
Not all mudball meteorites are weak, new study shows
View larger. | One of the Aguas Zarcas meteorites that landed in Costa Rica in 2019.…
How a sunlike star yanked down a teetering planet
View larger. | Artist’s concept of what’s thought to be the 1st-ever recorded incident wherein a…
Hydrothermal activity on Mars? Rover finds tantalizing new clues
View larger. | NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft took this image of part of Jezero…