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A dead star has two rings of planetary debris; one may be hiding a Pluto-sized survivorAstronomers have discovered two separate rings of gaseous planetary debris around a white dwarf 1,600 light-years away. Unusual signals fro...- Has Halley’s Comet returned sooner than expected? Here's when to look and what’s lighting up the sky this week?The Orionid meteor shower peaks overnight on October 21–22, 2026. Its shooting stars come from debris left behind by Halley’s Comet. Look a...
- Florida scientists use ‘coral IVF’ to save dying reefs as 1.5 million embryos offer new hope: How this process worksFlorida scientists are using a technique called “coral IVF” to restore damaged reefs, producing more than 1.5 million coral embryos in a ma...
- Green star discovery: Why astronomers are calling this strange cosmic object a ‘zombie’ after it began consuming planetary debrisAstronomers have uncovered a remarkable white dwarf star named WD J1330+6435, situated 326 light-years away from our planet. This celestial...
- Green stars existed only in comics. Now astronomers have found the first real one and the reddest star ever recordedAstronomers have unveiled an astonishing white dwarf star, WD J1330+6435, that shines with a distinctive green hue. Situated roughly 280 li...
- For the first time in astronomy, scientists detect radio signal from a young planetAstronomers have discovered notable radio signals originating from the exoplanet Beta Pictoris b, located 64 light-years away from our sola...
- Astronomers just spotted an “Impossible” planet: Elias 2-24 b is the youngest known planet, and its Jupiter-sized growth could challenge planet formation modelsElias 2-24 b is young enough that astronomers are seeing it before its planetary neighborhood has finished taking shape. Yet the planet is ...
- NASA satellite discovers a new crater on the moon that's bigger than the Colosseum — rare impact went unnoticed for 2 years, occurs once every 132 yearsScientists have discovered a massive crater on the Moon that formed after an asteroid or comet fragment struck the lunar surface in 2024. M...
- NASA discovers Colosseum-sized Moon crater from once-in-132-year impactScientists found a large lunar crater from a recent impact event. This massive hole, larger than the Roman Colosseum, was initially undetec...
- Mercury may have shrunk 30% more than previously believed, new study says; planet’s radius may have decreased by 7.2 milesRecent studies indicate that Mercury has shrunk more than scientists previously realized. The presence of impact debris has hindered the vi...
- A small asteroid just crashed near Australia, and astronomers are thrilled about itA small asteroid, CERNQ52, entered Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean on September 6, burning up harmlessly as predicted by ESA and N...
- The first rocky planets may have formed just 100 million years after the Big Bang, scientists say — and they could have been surprisingly Earth-likeNew simulations indicate rocky planets may have formed just 100 million years after the Big Bang. Massive stars exploded, scattering heavy ...
- In 2021, a spacecraft was launched on a first-ever suicide mission to try to deflect an asteroid on impact in space in the revolutionary planetary defense experiment: How NASA’s DART mission changed an asteroid’s orbitIn 2021, a spacecraft was launched on a first-ever suicide mission to try to deflect an asteroid on impact in space in the revolutionary pl...
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope discovers hidden giant exoplanet in Beta Pictoris systemAstronomers found a giant exoplanet, Beta Pictoris d, using Webb Telescope's spectroscopy. This planet was hidden within a dusty debris dis...
- NASA spots huge asteroid on potential crash path with the Moon — here’s what we knowNASA has confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4, a space rock approximately the size of a 15-story building, might collide with the Moon on Decem...
- Could Nasa’s DART mission create a man-made meteor shower? Here’s what you need to knowIn the aftermath of NASA's DART mission, over two million pounds of space debris have been created. This could lead to a man-made meteor sh...
- NASA sees first sign of one young star devouring planetsWashington, July 19 (IANS) Observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory indicates that scientists may have for the first time seen a ...
- Solar system 2.0 found 10 light-years awayThe system is a prime location to research how planets form around stars like our Sun, researchers said.
- 'Planet Nine' may spell doom for solar system: StudyThe future of the Sun may be foreshadowed by white dwarfs that are 'polluted' by rocky debris. Planet Nine could act as a catalyst for the ...
- NASA launches project to search for alien lifeGPI has already imaged two previously known exoplanets and disks of planetary debris orbiting young stars where planets recently formed.
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