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Webb telescope images of exoplanets "stunned researchers," offer insight into carbon dioxide, NASA says

The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering mystery about how distant planets form, researchers said.

www.cbsnews.com

 

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What are all the different types of nebula in astronomy?

Some nebulae emit their own light, some reflect the light from stars around them, and some only absorb light. But that's just the beginning.

bigthink.com

 

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The Most Unexplainable User-Submitted UFO Videos of 2024

Among thousands of UFO videos submitted to Enigma in 2024, these are the most compelling.

www.denofgeek.com

 

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Space: The Final Illusion

The intuitive idea that objects influence each other because they’re in physical proximity is soon to become another of those beliefs that turn out to be wrong when we look deeper.

getpocket.com

 

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From Worlds That Look Like Cotton Candy to Others Covered in Volcanoes, These Are the Strangest and Most Captivating Exoplanets

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most definitely don’t

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

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For the first time, astronomers watch a black hole 'wake up' in real-time

‘Each of these eruptions is releasing a hundred times more energy than we have seen elsewhere.’

www.popsci.com

Enormous black hole napping after eating a ton of gas

Black holes like this one may gorge for about five to 10 million years–then go dormant for 100 million.

www.popsci.com

Astronomers use wobbly star stuff to measure a supermassive black hole's spin

For the first time, scientists gauge spin using material left over after a black hole ripped apart a star.

www.popsci.com

Astronomers discover Earth's closest black hole

Omega Centauri contains an intermediate-mass black hole about 18,000 light years away.

www.popsci.com