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The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has uncovered a key piece of the puzzle in how rocky planets, such as...
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An international team of astronomers including researchers at the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory has unveiled groundbreaking findings...
Astronomers have discovered a “jellyfish” galaxy whose unusual shape and internal mechanisms—including distinctive “bunny ears” and an inner “tail”—are giving...
About a century ago, scientists were struggling to reconcile what seemed a contradiction in Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity....
Living in today’s age of ambitious robotic exploration of Mars, with an eventual human mission to the red planet likely...
In the name of open science, the multinational scientific collaboration COSMOS on Thursday released the data behind the largest map...