The total number of exoplanets discovered to date totals 5,288. Among them are a host of rocky, Earth-like exoplanets but none of …
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‘Islands’ of regularity discovered in the famously chaotic three-body problem
by debarjunby debarjunMillions of simulations form a rough map of all conceivable outcomes when three objects meet, like a vast tapestry woven from the …
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Satellites are Tracking the Ongoing Sea Level Rise Swamping Pacific Island Nations
by debarjunby debarjunThe small island nations of the South Pacific are facing the harsh reality of sea level rise. Within 50 years they will …
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Simulation of galaxies ionizing hydrogen gas (bright areas) during the epoch of Reionization. Credit: M. Alvarez, R. Kaehler, and T. Abel / …
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Exoplanet Discovered in a Binary System Could Explain Why Red Dwarfs Form Massive Planets
by debarjunby debarjunIn recent years, the number of known extrasolar planets (aka. exoplanets) has grown exponentially. To date, 5,799 exoplanets have been confirmed in …
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This artist’s concept depicts a potential volcanic moon between the exoplanet WASP-49 b, left, and its parent star. New evidence indicating that …
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Meteorites strike Earth every day. It’s estimated that about 100 – 300 metric tonnes of material strike our planet every year. Most …
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Large-scale map (330,000 light years side length) of the density of the 217 million stars from the Gaia DR3 XP sample in …
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NASA Reveals the Mind-Boggling Scale of Hurricane Milton seen from Space
by debarjunby debarjunWe often talk about Jupiter’s Great Red Spot quite candidly but forget that hurricanes can be devastating, destructive forces here on Earth. …
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Mars has captured our imagination for centuries. Ever since the invention of the telescope our imagination has often drifted toward the possibility …