Astronomy
- Space
Super-Earth joins ranks in life-supporting zone
The large exoplanet lies just 42 light-years away.
- Astronomy
Violent birth proposed for Saturn’s moon mishmash
A simulation suggests that giant collisions created Titan and the planet’s many smaller satellites.
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- Chemistry
Solar blobs collide with a bounce
Superhot ejections from the sun surprise physicists by gaining energy of motion in collision.
- Astronomy
Cohabiting black holes challenge theory
The observation of two stellar-mass objects in one globular cluster violates existing astrophysical dogma.
- Space
Atom & Cosmos
The gassy halo engulfing the Milky Way, a comet in the neighborhood, and extraterrestrial rocks as the source of life on Earth.
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- Astronomy
Curiosity goes to the flow
Sent to Mars in search of water and other evidence of habitability, the rover appears to have landed in a dry streambed.
- Astronomy
Team glimpses black hole’s secrets
In the distant galaxy M87, new observations about structure’s rotational speed and jets show the potential of a budding telescope network.
- Planetary Science
Voyager chasing solar system’s edge
On the 35th anniversary of the spacecraft’s launch, scientists ponder when it will move beyond the sun’s reach.
- Space
Another potentially habitable world emerges
The newfound planet orbits a common type of dwarf star, suggesting even more may be out there.
