Beta Pictoris, a young planetary system located just 63 light-years away, continues to intrigue scientists…
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Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found a brown dwarf (an object more massive than…
It first appeared as a glowing blob from ground-based telescopes and then vanished completely in…
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by not just its first asteroid, but its first two. The…
The sky is no longer the limit — but taking flight is dangerous. In leaving…
Astronomers have gotten very good at spotting the signs of planet formation around stars. But…
The supermassive black hole at the heart of galaxy M87, made famous by the first…
In a solar system called TRAPPIST-1, 40 light years from the sun, seven Earth-sized planets…
The Giant Magellan Telescope begins the four-year process to fabricate and polish its seventh and…
Life on a faraway planet — if it’s out there — might not look anything…
