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The U.S. planetary science community is sounding the alarm about plans to discard a nuclear technology that has powered ...
By combining machine learning, astrophysical modeling, and data interpretability, this fellowship will contribute to the SETI ...
Scientists think a gigantic dying star tried to swallow a black hole. It didn't end well for the star, a new study says.
The recent discovery of a potential gas giant circling the nearby star Alpha Centauri A has led to speculation that it may be ...
The TRAPPIST-1 system, home to seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a red dwarf star, has long been a target for astronomers ...
The discovery of fast-moving object 3I/Atlas has sparked debate, with Harvard's Avi Loeb suggesting it might be an alien ...
The newly confirmed supermassive black hole at the heart of CAPERS-LRD-z9 is known as an active galactic nucleus (AGN), the ...
The explosion of a massive star locked in a deadly orbit with a black hole has been discovered with the help of artificial ...
If Earth needs to borrow a cup of sugar, it's comforting to know that there may be a convenient, possibly habitable, world orbiting Alpha Centauri only 4.34 light years away – at least, if the ...
From signs of possible Dyson Spheres to a lunar mission that could reshape Moon science, these six recent stories deliver both breakthroughs and disappointments in modern astronomy. Whether it's James ...
Watch Pop Mech ’s Jackie Appel reveal the story of how two men from New Jersey named Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson made one ...