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Interest in steam world exoplanets really heated up in October 2024 when the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) discovered the ...

In the past decade, the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope has revealed the nature, history, and behavior of ...

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An international team of astronomers, co-led by researchers at the University of Galway, has made the unexpected discovery of ...

They can gradually grow, consume entire planets, and transform them into black holes of equal mass. New research suggests ...

Astroneer places players in a 25th century gold rush where they explore the frontiers of outer space, risking their lives and ...

Two of the objects in the arrangement are cold brown dwarfs, which will serve as a benchmark for others throughout the Milky ...