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Second ‘Tatooine’ multiplanetary system discovered
An international team of astronomers says it has found the 2nd-known Tatooine-like multiplanetary system. At least 2 planets orbit both binary stars at once.
June 16, 2023
House-sized asteroid followed by bus-sized asteroid
Wednesday's house-sized asteroid was followed by a bus-sized asteroid that passed Earth Thursday. Both were discovered just within the last week.
June 15, 2023
Building block for life found on Saturn’s moon Enceladus
Scientists have found phosphorus - a key building block for life for many biological processes - in icy grains emitted by Saturn's moon Enceladus.
June 15, 2023
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
