NASA's Juno mission has revealed that each of Io's volcanoes is likely fueled by its own magma chamber, not a global magma ocean. This conclusion was drawn from precise gravity measurements during ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed 20-year-old Hubble observations that could finally explain how ancient stars can host massive planets.
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Astronomers have discovered a pair of young stars near the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy. Studying them ...
The jet emerging from M87’s supermassive black hole is tens of millions of times larger than its event horizon. In 2019, the ...
Science fiction authors like Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein have inspired figures such as Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, who, ...
"We must rethink how we create computer models for planet formation and early evolution in the young universe." ...
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 2566, which sits 76 million light-years away in the ...
NASA reveals new information. Thanks to the Juno probe mission, a mystery of Jupiter's moon Io that lasted over 40 years has ...
John Steele Gordon on “Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party” by Edward Dolnick.
NASA reveals new information. Thanks to the Juno probe mission, a mystery of Jupiter's moon Io that lasted over 40 years has ...
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