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Category: Earth Sky
When our sun dies, what will happen to Earth?
When our sun dies, it’ll swell into a red giant. When the sun dies What does…
Can haze on water worlds aid in the search for life?
Artist’s concept of K2-18 b, an exoplanet 8.6 times more massive than Earth. It might be…
Dark cloud near Milky Way’s center is strangely quiet
The center of our Milky Way is crowded, with stars whipping around a black hole in…
Astronomers spot 1st giant stream of stars between galaxies
Watch a video about the Giant Coma Stream, a giant stream of stars. A giant stream…
Einstein’s gravity and quantum mechanics united at last?
This week, physicists at University College London announced – in 2 papers published simultaneously – a radical new…
Rocky exoplanets can form in the most extreme environments
View larger. | This artist’s concept shows a protoplanetary disk, where planets form around their parent…
Could a giant void explain the universe’s expansion?
Do we live in a giant void? Scientists say it’s possible, and it could solve the…
1st planet-forming disk discovered in nearby galaxy
View larger. | Astronomers have found the 1st planet-forming disk outside our own Milky Way galaxy.…
What the Chinese Zhurong rover found beneath Mars’ surface
View larger. | The Tianwen-1 Remote Camera took this “selfie” image of the Zhurong rover and…