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A Mysterious Blob Near the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole Might Finally Have an Explanation
New research from UCLA's Galactic Center Group has found an explanation for the mysterious "blob" (X7) at the center of…
Do Red Dwarfs Provide Enough Sunlight for Plants to Grow?
A new study has shown the photosynthesis can take place on planets orbiting Red Dwarfs.
Astronomers Suspected There Should Be a Planet Here, and Then They Took a Picture of it
Two teams independently discovered a super-Jupiter around a nearby Sun-like star using astrometry and direct imaging.
59 New Planets Discovered in Our Neighborhood
The CARMENESE Consortium just released the first collection of data, which revealed 59 new exoplanets and doubled the number of…
How are Mars Rocks Getting “Shocked” by Meteorite Impacts?
A new NASA study shows how samples obtained by Perseverance could have been shaped by asteroid impacts when Mars was…
Clouds of Carbon Dust Seen When the Universe was Less Than a Billion Years Old
A new study shows that carbonaeous dust grains existed much earlier than previously thought, which has significant implications for galactic…
Dust Storms on Mars Generate Static Electricity. What Does This Do to Its Surface?
A new study shows how electrical discharges caused by Martian storms drives some major chemical processes on the planet's surface.
Cosmic Conjunction: Jupiter Meets Venus on March 1st
The two brightest planets pass less than half a degree apart at dusk on the night of March 1st.
All of Jupiter's Large Moons Have Auroras
New observations have revealed that all four of Jupiter's largest moons have aurorae, and they are spectacular!
Are Black Holes the Source of Dark Energy?
In a series of papers, an international team claims they've found the first observational evidence that supermassive black holes are…