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1st-ever metal scar on a cannibal star
Astronomers have discovered a metal scar on a cannibal star, a white dwarf or "dead" star. They believe it formed when the star consumed one of its planets.
March 5, 2024
Earth-passing asteroid seen in new radar images
NASA scientists used the Goldstone Solar System Radar in California to take images of asteroid 2008 OS7 as it passed by Earth on February 2, 2024.
March 3, 2024
Tatooine exoplanets may be more habitable than we thought
Researchers at Yale University said habitable planets in binary star systems - so-called Tatooine exoplanets - may be more common than previously thought.
February 28, 2024
New moons! Uranus now has 28 and Neptune 16
New moons for Uranus and Neptune! They're the faintest found so far using Earth-based telescopes. Scientists think they are fragments of larger bodies.
February 27, 2024
Ancient volcanoes on Mars were diverse
Researchers in China and the U.S. said ancient active volcanoes on Mars were more diverse than previously known, despite a lack of plate tectonics.
February 26, 2024
Did passing stars change Earth’s orbit?
We long suspected that passing stars are what send distant comets sunward. But could passing stars also change Earth's orbit? A recent study says yes.
February 26, 2024
Star clouds in the Milky Way are doing the wave
Star clouds peppered with stellar nurseries form a huge, wave-like structure in the Local Arm of our galaxy. And now astronomers discovered its doing the wave.
February 25, 2024
Dead satellite enters atmosphere over Pacific Ocean
A dead satellite - ESA’s ERS-2 satellite - reentered Earth's atmosphere yesterday. ESA said: The entry was uncontrolled or "natural".
February 22, 2024
Icy Eris and Makemake have warm hearts
NASA's Webb space telescope shows that icy dwarf planets Eris and Makemake have been warm and geologically active on the inside recently, and may still be.
February 21, 2024
Meet Pollux: The brighter twin star of Gemini
Pollux, the brightest star in the constellation Gemini, blazes in a golden light next to its bluish-white heavenly twin, Castor.
February 20, 2024
