On 23 June 2025, the public got its first look at images from the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory — and the discoveries are already starting to roll in. Trifid […]
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Barnard’s Star Hosts Four Tiny Planets
Just 6 light-years away, Barnard’s Star is a well-studied 10-billion-year-old M dwarf with a mass of 0.16 solar mass. Finding exoplanets around Barnard’s Star has been something of a white […]
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Disintegrating Planetary Interiors Unveiled By TESS and JWST
The Penn State team presented novel measurements of a rocky planet’s interior composition using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), while the MIT team presented the discovery of the nearest […]
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Hot, Dense Water Vapor Found In A Protoplanetary Disk
Recent observations of the protoplanetary disks hosted by a pair of young stars suggest the presence of hot, turbulent water vapor. Though many possibilities exist, researchers propose that a compact […]