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Moon-forming disk found around massive planet
Data from the Webb space telescope reveal that a massive planet around a distant star is encircled by a moon-forming disk.
October 3, 2025
Space
Rogue planet found growing at astonishing record rate
Astronomers have discovered a rogue planet eating up 6 billion tons of gas and dust every second. That's the fastest rate ever recorded for any planet.
October 2, 2025
After the International Space Station, what comes next?
Operations on the International Space Station will come to an end in 2030. What's next? Plans are for privately owned, commercially operated space stations.
September 26, 2025
Space
Trouble for Hayabusa2? Asteroid target smaller than expected
New observations of the asteroid that Hayabusa2 is scheduled to touch down on in 2031 have revealed it's smaller and spinning much faster than once thought.
September 25, 2025
The tally is in! 6,000 exoplanets now confirmed
NASA announced this week that it has confirmed a tally of 6,000 exoplanets, or worlds orbiting distant stars. The first exoplanets were discovered 30 years ago.
September 18, 2025
Massive eruption 74,000 years ago affected the entire globe
A massive eruption 74,000 years ago ejected volcanic material that affected the entire globe. But evidence shows people survived and adapted after the eruption.
September 18, 2025
Earth
Queen ants found giving birth to 2 different species
Scientists have found that Iberian harvester queen ants lay eggs of not just their own kind, but of males from a different species.
September 17, 2025
Do ‘black hole stars’ solve a puzzle in the early universe?
Astronomers have proposed black hole stars to explain the mysterious little red dots that Webb has seen in the early universe.
September 12, 2025
Mysterious gamma-ray burst is unlike any detected before
Astronomers have spotted a mysterious gamma-ray burst that lasted for a day. This is by far the longest event we've seen of its kind. So what caused it?
September 10, 2025
Life around white dwarfs? Astronomers think it’s possible
An astronomer explores the possibility of life around white dwarfs, stars as small as Earth but far denser that may host habitable zones and planets with water.
September 7, 2025
