Webb Sees Complex Organic Molecules 12 Billion Light-Years Away
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The James Webb Space Telescope continues unraveling the secrets of the universe. For the first time, scientists have discovered complex…
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Webb finds traces of water on a planet 400 light-years away
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In a breakthrough study, astronomers have discovered water vapor in the atmosphere of an alien planet, WASP-18 b. Additionally, the…
A Massive Stellar Superflare 400 Light-Years Away
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Japanese astronomers have captured groundbreaking data on a superflare and prominence eruption, providing valuable insights into their impact on planetary…
Rare exoplanet 245 light-years away could be a massive water world
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TOI-733b, a rare exoplanet 245 light-years away, may hold the key to understanding the puzzling gap in exoplanet sizes between…
Wolf 1069 b, a Potentially Habitable World 31 Light-Years Away
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To this day, scientists exploring the galaxy have found a little over 5,200 exoplanets in more than 9,000 different star…
An Earth-Like Alien Civilization Within 60 Light-years?
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What are the odds that an Earth-like alien civilization is not far from Earth? What are the odds of finding…
ESO Telescope Snaps Cosmic Serpent 6,000 Light-Years Away
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Observing a cosmic serpent… Humankind has been observing the night sky for hundreds of thousands of years. Throughout millennia, humans…
Astronomers Find Two Alien Planets 16 Light-Years Away That Could Host Life
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In brief: Astronomers have found two alien planets that could host life, orbiting a Red Dwarf some 16 light years…
James Webb Sees Galactic Merger 500 Million Light-Years From Earth
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Both the James Webb space telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope have given us plenty to talk about in the…
Travel Across 2,500 Light-Years Into the Cone Nebula in This Stunning Video by the VLT
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I never get tired of looking at photographs of the cosmos. Whether it is a nebula, a star, or a…
Located 200-Light-Years Away, This World is 10 Times the Mass of Earth
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Planets come in all sizes. Some are really small, smaller than Earth’s Moon, while others are truly gigantic. Jupiter is…
Hubble Snaps Stunning Image of a Galaxy 130 Million Light-Years Away
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Space telescope Hubble captured this image of UGC 9391, a spiral galaxy 130 million light-years from Earth near Draco’s constellation….
Galactic Fusion 76 Million Light-Years Away Will See Two Massive Black Holes Collide
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Located in the constellation Aquarius, NGC 7727 is a peculiar galaxy. This odd-looking galaxy is home to two galactic nuclei,…
60 Million Light-Years From Us, 2 Galaxies Are Smashing Into Each Other
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Approximately 5 billion years from now, the Milky Way galaxy will collide with its nearest large galaxy neighbor, the Andromeda…
JWST Snaps Photo of Star Whose Light 12.9 Billion Light-Years
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The Hubble Space Telescope continues making incredible discoveries as it peers into the vastness of our universe. Not only is…
The James Webb Space Telescope Imaged a Galaxy 500 Million Light-Years Away
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The James Webb continues to shine as it explores the universe and takes us on a trip back in time….
Astronomers Find Our Solar System’s Twin Jupiter 17,000 Light-Years From Earth
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Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet candidate for the first time using gravitational microlensing with a space telescope. In this, they…
Astronomers Spot Largest Galactic Structure to Date—A Gargantuan Galaxy 16 Million Light-Years Across
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Alcyoneus – the biggest galactic structure ever discovered Located about 3 billion light-years from Earth, Alcyoneus is what is known…
Black Hole 9,600 Light-Years From Earth Sports Unexpected Feature
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Ground-based and space telescopes have helped astronomers determine that the accretion disk around the black hole in the MAXI J1820…
Astronomers Directly Image Alien World 400 Light-Years Away
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A team of scientists led by the University of Hawaii at Manoa (USA) announced the discovery of a new super-Jupiter-type…
“Ocean World” Located 35 Light-Years From Earth Could Support Life
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Astronomers presented the results of studies of the multiplanetary system L 98-59, which is located 35 light-years from the Sun. They managed to find two new exoplanets in it, and also determine that the system includes a planet with large reserves of water and a planet located in the habitable zone.
Aliens Within 300 Light-Years Can See Our Civilization
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Is there anyone else out there? Are we the only planet in the Galaxy capable of sustaining life? These questions…