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4 mini-Neptunes play hide and seek
Astronomers using the CHEOPS space telescope have confirmed the existence of 4 new mini-Neptunes. Confirming them was like a game of hide and seek.
June 15, 2023
How bright is our sun from other stars?
How bright is our sun from other stars? Famed astronomer Guy Ottewell explores the perspective from Alpha Centauri A, Sirius and Deneb.
June 14, 2023
The motion of the solar system through our galaxy
Tony Dunn has created a simulation of the movement of the planets of the solar system through the Milky Way. Learn more about it here.
June 11, 2023
Sign a poem that’ll fly to Jupiter’s moon Europa!
NASA is sending a poem on a microchip to Jupiter's moon Europa, aboard the Europa Clipper spacecraft. And you can add your name!
June 9, 2023
Glimpse 45,000 baby galaxies in the early universe
A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope captured more than 45,000 baby galaxies, at a time when our universe was less than 600 million years old.
June 7, 2023
SETI looks to Milky Way’s heart for alien signals
A new SETI collaboration is searching for repeating artificial radio signals from alien civilizations in the heart of our Milky Way galaxy.
June 6, 2023
Mysterious Milky Way filaments point to central black hole
Mysterious Milky Way filaments - found by the MeerKAT telescope in South Africa - appear to point to the supermassive black hole at our galaxy's heart.
June 6, 2023
Biggest monster star! And the heaviest stars
How big can stars get? How does our sun compare to them? And how did the biggest monster star get so big? Meet some of the biggest and most massive stars known.
June 5, 2023
1st-ever Mars livestream! Watch the replay here
The European Space Agency broadcast the 1st-ever Mars livestream on June 2, 2023. Watch it here.
June 3, 2023
Super-Earth and mini-Neptune in synchronized dance
Astronomers say they've discovered a super-Earth and mini-Neptune exoplanet system where the orbits of the 2 worlds are synchronized in a cosmic dance.
June 2, 2023
