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UC Irvine researchers add some clarity to search for extraterrestrial life
A paper published this week by doctoral candidate Te Han and his adviser, Paul Robertson, probably shrinks the number of ...
Cosmic baby steps: For the first time, astronomers witness the dawn of a new solar system
For the first time, international researchers have pinpointed the moment when planets began to form around a star beyond the ...
Probe of Uranus finally reveals where distant planet gets its heat
Researchers from the University of Houston, led by Dr. Xinyue Wang, launched a deep probe of Uranus’ data — and determined ...
Astronomy on MSN18h
The Sky Today on Wednesday, July 16: The Moon hangs with Neptune and Saturn
Early birds can catch our satellite just 3° from two giant planets in Pisces: lovely ringed Saturn and far distant Neptune.
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Astronomers Catch Planets in the Act of Being Born
Astronomers have spotted centimeter-sized “pebbles” swirling around two infant stars 450 light-years away, revealing the raw ...
Space.com on MSN3d
'Pebble' beaches around young stars join together to form planets
A key method of forming planets finally has observational evidence, thanks to a network of radio telescopes in the U.K. that ...
ScienceAlert on MSN7h
Birth of a Solar System Witnessed in Spectacular Scientific First
Around a Sun-like star just 1,300 light-years away, a family of planets has been seen in its earliest moments of conception.
The Register on MSN8h
JWST peers through dusty curtain to catch young star making baby planets
Observations of HOPS-315 align with theories of how our own solar system began to take shape The James Webb Space Telescope ...