Earth may owe some of its properties to a nearby star that blew up just as the solar system was forming. This pattern, which saw a supernova bubble envelop the sun and shower it with cosmic rays, may ...

The discovery is the first direct observational confirmation of a theory for how young stars feed on, and then explosively ...

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Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

Darryl Z. Seligman is an Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University. Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third large interstellar visitor that we have ever discovered —- an asteroid ...

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On Jan. 15, 2025, the Gaia spacecraft took its last image. Then the craft ran a final round of engineering tests, fired its ...

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After four centuries of advances, astronomers now capture the Sun’s swirling, dynamic features in stunning detail.

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Fans of Brigitte Bardot hailed her funeral ceremony as a fitting tribute to the late icon of French cinema, as she was laid ...