Although a star’s “birth” is well-defined, it doesn’t correspond to an ignition event in its…
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Every time a new star forms, there’s an opportunity to form planets alongside and around…
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One parameter, alone, sets the dividing line between rocky planets, gas giants, brown dwarfs, stars,…
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By looking at a giant, remarkable, edge-on protoplanetary system, astronomers have found a proto-protoplanet for…
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As the world teeters on the brink of nuclear war, distant, advanced civilizations would never…
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As light travels across the Universe, it’s subject to cosmic expansion, changing fields, and relative…
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Even though no human has stepped foot on the Moon’s surface in 50 years, the…
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Most massive galaxies are spiral or elliptical shaped. But peculiar galaxies showcase the beautiful violence…
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Early on, the Universe needed near-perfect flatness, or atoms, stars, and galaxies couldn’t form. What…
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We have two descriptions of the Universe that work perfectly well: General Relativity and quantum…