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Paul Scott Anderson

Webb finds smallest asteroids yet in the asteroid belt

Astronomers have discovered 138 of the smallest asteroids to date in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. All of them are within 10s of meters in size.

Odd, slowly repeating radio bursts traced to red dwarf star

Astronomers have finally pinpointed the source of slowly repeating radio bursts: a red dwarf star with a possible white dwarf binary companion.

Oceans on Venus never existed, new study suggests

Researchers at the University of Cambridge say that it's likely there were never any oceans on Venus. The planet might have always been as hot as it is now.

Are primordial black holes hiding in plain sight?

Do tiny primordial black holes exist? A new theoretical study says that we might find evidence of them in planetoids or even objects like rocks here on Earth.

Are Uranus and Neptune hiding oceans of water?

Uranus and Neptune might have deep water oceans beneath their thick atmospheres, with a carbon layer below them. Like oil and water, the two layers never mix.

Mysterious ‘UFO galaxies’ are big, red and really dusty

Astronomers using NASA's Webb space telescope have discovered "UFO galaxies". They are disk-shaped, bright red and unusually dusty.

Mars rover Curiosity heads for intriguing ‘spiderwebs’

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is ready to leave an ancient river channel it's been exploring. Next, it'll go to a geological formation resembling giant spiderwebs.

Is this a volcanic exoplanet? Hints are in its atmosphere

L 98-59 d, a super-Earth 35 light-years away, may be a volcanic exoplanet. NASA's Webb Space Telescope has detected a possible sulfur-rich atmosphere.

More evidence for ancient ocean on Mars from Chinese rover

A new analysis of data from China's Zhurong rover supports the existence of an ancient ocean on Mars billions of years ago in the northern hemisphere.

New Pentagon UAP report prompts Senate hearing today

The DoD just released its new annual report on UAP, often called UFOs. The Pentagon UAP report covers 757 new cases, with 21 of them unexplained so far.