Evidence suggests that Venus is still volcanically active, and new data about a big eruption in Hawaii a few years ago could help scientists find out for sure.
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The Ucayali River snakes across the rainforest in this image captured by NASA astronaut Jessica Meir from the International Space Station.
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Finding X-rays coming from one of the little red dots discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope could be the key to answering what these weird objects truly are.
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The Sombrero galaxy’s name fits perfectly.
A new citizen science project invites the public to scan never-before-seen images from the Euclid Space Telescope in search of galaxies bending spacetime.
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A new recipe of “quadratic gravity” could help to better define the picture of the Big Bang and the singularity that existed prior to the dawn of time.
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New simulations suggest binary star systems may be ideal for planet formation, and may produce more gas giants than single-star systems.
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Astronomers have found the boundary of star formation in the Milky Way’s spiral disk — and it’s not as far out from the center of our galaxy as you might imagine.
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Should Pluto be a bona fide planet again? NASA is working to “revisit the discussion” on Pluto’s planethood status, according to agency chief Jared Isaacman.
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By peering deep inside Orion’s star-forming gas clouds, radio astronomers have been able to directly measure the masses of young binary stars, confirming that our theoretical models are on the right lines.
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