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The smallest dwarf planet in our solar system was hiding in the asteroid belt
Hygiea isn’t a new discovery but the fact that it meets the International Astronomical Union’s (…
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope breaks another record, discovering the smallest star-like object astronomers have ever seen
NASA's Webb telescope was able to spot an object, the smallest of its kind, from 1,000 light years …
Rupendra Brahambhatt
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Here's how big Pluto is compared to the largest objects in the solar system
In truth, dwarf planet is much more fitting title for this small, icy world. After all, it's the la…
Skye Gould,Jessica Orwig
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3 newly-discovered nearby planets are a game changer in the hunt for alien life
"Why are we trying to detect Earth-like planets around the smallest and coolest stars in the solar …
Ali Sundermier
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Millions of miles from Earth, NASA found a mysterious ice volcano that's half the size of Mt. Everest
The scientists used geological maps of the region made from images taken by Dawn as it orbited Cere…
Ali Sundermier
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A new ‘dark’ planet on NASA’s radar might hold the key to what makes or breaks a planet
But, it has one critical flaw — no atmosphere. The Earth’s atmosphere supports life — but not…
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Scientists have discovered water vapor on a potentially habitable super-Earth for the first time. That planet is now our best bet for finding alien life.
"Habitability as we understand it is a very Earth-centric concept. So we know one world that is hab…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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2 of the best places to hunt for alien life just became even more promising
"We thought, maybe we could see if people at Hubble would give us time to do this observation, so w…
Ali Sundermier
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Jupiter came this close to being Earth's second, blood-red sun
The blog Ask a Mathematician/Ask a Physicist tackled this question back in 2011. They concluded tha…
Rafi Letzter
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Scientists just found a dozen new moons around Jupiter - including one they're calling an 'oddball'
The team that discovered the moons was searching for a hypothetical massive planet that might exist…
Kevin Loria
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NASA's newest planet-hunting telescope just discovered a 'super-Earth' and 2 'sub-Neptunes' less than 75 light-years away - among the closest exoplanets ever found
The new worlds also exhibit a unique mathematical quality that researchers don't fully understand y…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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An 'absolutely phenomenal' discovery hints 4 Earth-size planets may orbit the closest sun to our own
"We're getting tantalizingly close to observing the correct limits required for detecting Earth-lik…
Dave Mosher
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The Most Popular Map Of The World Is Highly Misleading
The most popular version is the Mercator projection, created by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Merca…
Christina Sterbenz
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A Russian billionaire has launched the smallest-ever spacecraft into orbit - a key step to reaching a nearby star system
"The lifetime of Proxima is several trillion years, almost a thousand times longer than the remaini…