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Alpha Centauri Could Have a Super Jupiter in Orbit
The three-body problem is one of Nature's thorniest problems. The gravitational interactions and resulting movements of three bodies are notoriously…
Growing Black Holes Have Much in Common With Baby Stars
First looks would tell most observers that supermassive black holes (SMBHs) and very young stars have nothing in common. But…
Lake Shorelines on Titan are Shaped by Methane Waves
Distant Titan is an oddball in the Solar System. Saturn's largest moon—and the second largest in the entire Solar System—has…
Perseverance Found Some Strange Rocks. What Will They Tell Us?
NASA's Perseverance Rover has left Mount Washburn behind and arrived at its next destination, Bright Angel. It found an unusual…
Warp Drives Could Generate Gravitational Waves
Will future humans use warp drives to explore the cosmos? We're in no position to eliminate the possibility. But if…
If Gravity Can Exist Without Mass, That Could Explain Dark Matter
Dark Matter is Nature's poltergeist. We can see its effects, but we can't see it, and we don't know what…
An Earth-sized Exoplanet Found Orbiting a Jupiter-Sized Star
Red dwarf stars, also known as M-dwarfs, dominate the Milky Way's stellar population. They can last for 100 billion years…
The JWST is Re-Writing Astronomy Textbooks
When the James Webb Space Telescope was launched at the end of 2021, we expected stunning images and illuminating scientific…
Astronomers Propose a 14-Meter Infrared Space Telescope
The Universe wants us to understand its origins. Every second of every day, it sends us a multitude of signals,…
41,000 Years Ago Earth’s Shield Went Down
Earth is naked without its protective barrier. The planet's magnetic shield surrounds Earth and shelters it from the natural onslaught…