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A Super-Earth Stripped Bare: Astronomers Uncover One of the Densest Planets Ever Found
K2-360 is a newly found planetary system with a super-dense planet, likely the core of a former larger world, shaped by dynamic interactions with its companion. An international team of researchers ...
Why Tucson is one of the best places in the world to see the night sky
A new trail in this southern Arizona city plots the most visitor-friendly astronomy stops—and there are plenty to choose from ...
Where to find the next Earth: Machine learning accelerates the search for habitable planets
A team from the University of Bern and the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS has developed a ...
NASA’s Satellite Just Uncovered 100,000 Hidden Mountains Beneath the Ocean
We've mapped the Moon more thoroughly than our own ocean floor, but a leap forward has come with NASA's SWOT satellite. Using ...
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Four space tourists return to Earth after a private flight over the poles
Four space tourists are back on Earth after orbiting over the north and south poles. Their SpaceX capsule splashed down in ...