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Tiny, 'ultracool' star emits surprising radio signals that it should not be capable of producing
By Harry Baker published
The brown dwarf, which is colder than a typical campfire, produces regular radio wave pulses despite having a magnetic field that, in theory, should be too weak to create them.
James Webb Space Telescope: Origins, design and mission objectives
By Andrew May last updated
Reference NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has launched and it's the most powerful in history, giving us the deepest ever view into our universe.
Explosive 'star factory' image marks the James Webb telescope's one-year anniversary of operations
By Joanna Thompson published
In its first year of operations, the James Webb Space Telescope has already revolutionized our view of the cosmos. Its one-year anniversary image is a spectacularly beautiful addition.
The 'man in the moon' may be hundreds of millions of years older than we thought
By Stephanie Pappas published
Much of the moon's surface is 200 million years older than previously estimated, a new analysis suggests.
Star system with galaxy-like 'arms' may be holding a secret planet
By Joanna Thompson published
A distant star system has Milky Way-like spiral arms orbiting it. New research suggests a giant planet may be to blame.
Mars had an extreme climate shift 400,000 years ago, Chinese rover finds before its demise
By Keith Cooper published
China's presumed-dead Zhurong rover spotted telltale patterns of ancient climate change in the Martian dunes.
SpaceX's Starlink satellites are leaking radiation that's 'photobombing' our attempts to study the cosmos
By Harry Baker published
New research finds that SpaceX's Starlink satellites are leaking radiation that could interfere with radio astronomy.
Mirror-like exoplanet that 'shouldn't exist' is the shiniest world ever discovered
By Harry Baker published
A distant planet named LTT9779 b reflects 80% of its star's light, making the strange world with metal clouds the biggest known "mirror" in the universe.
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