Astronomy
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How Pebbles Form Planets
It starts with static electricity and dust swirling around young stars -
Ballooning Around Venus
A scientist floats a new idea for exploring Earth’s twin -
Intelligent Life May Be Hiding in the Moons
Why exomoons could sustain ET as well as any exoplanet -
The Slingshot Effect of Gravity
The pull of the planets is still one of our best bets for space exploration -
Bringing Mars Rocks to Earth
It’s a bigger challenge than we thought -
Star Siblings Tell Tales of Galactic Chaos
Stellar bodies from other galaxies are all around us. -
Voyagers Ready to Go Dark
Earth’s most distant space probes prepare for their inevitable long night. -
Sky Gazing on Mars
You sit down on a sandy dune and tilt your head back. -
How to Drill for Extraterrestrial Life on Europa
The formidable challenge of digging through miles of ice millions of miles away. -
Solving the Riddle of Ceres
New evidence suggests the dwarf planet was a muddy ocean world that froze over time.
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The Mystery of the Cosmic Radio Globs
What violent galaxy smashups may have wrought across the universe.
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A Movie Camera for the Cosmos
The Rubin observatory will allow scientists to see how the cosmos has evolved over time.
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Jupiter’s Incredible Shrinking Spot
Earth’s meteorology could explain what’s behind the great red whorl’s waning.
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The Stars Foretell Our Doom
Post-apocalyptic star systems could reveal the fate of our own. -
Life Lessons from Hell-House Venus
How our inhospitable neighbor can help us find life elsewhere. -
A Cosmic Glitch in Gravity
Is gravity weaker over distances of billions of light-years? -
Discovering the First Other Earths
Inside the hunt for habitable planets. -
Nine Rebel Astronomy Theories That Went Dark
Bright ideas from astronomy’s biggest stars haven’t always worked out.