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Super-low density worlds reveal how common planetary systems form

Most planetary systems contain worlds larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and the low-density planets around one ...
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Galaxies with ‘hoop skirts’ are more common than we thought

The discovery of thousands more galaxies with stars ringing their main disks could help astronomers study galactic evolution ...

The Milky Way's black hole is hiding an explosive past, evidence suggests

Our galaxy's supermassive black hole is famous for being one of the dimmest in the universe. Evidence from a new space ...

Four baby planets show how super-Earths and sub-Neptunes form

Thanks to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets to date, we know that planets bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune ...
Live Science

NASA telescope combines 100 maps of the universe into one: 'every astronomer is going to find something of value here'

NASA's SPHEREx telescope unveiled its first full-sky map of the universe, combining more than 100 infrared observations into ...

NASA plans 2 January spacewalks at ISS. Here's what to know, how to watch

NASA astronaut Mike Fincke will set an agency record when he makes his 10th ever spacewalk Jan. 8, 2026, along with Zena ...
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January belongs to Jupiter: See the king of planets in the night sky this month

On Saturday (Jan. 10), for example, we will see three satellites on one side of Jupiter (going outward from the planet: Ganymede, Io and Europa ), while the fourth ( Callisto) remains all by itself on ...