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Astronomers now understand that water-rich planets can form internally, even close to stars. A new study reveals that ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope found that galaxies formed within 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang were turbulent and clumpy. Studying over 250 young systems, scientists saw chaotic gas flows and ...

Humanity's understanding of the solar system has evolved dramatically following the advent of spaceflight. Over the past seven decades, thousands of sophisticated spacecraft have been launched on ...

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Thousands of light-years from Earth, there could be another planet hospitable to life. Kepler 69c. And you’re about to travel ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have charted billions of years of galactic evolution, finding that galaxies near the dawn of time were much more chaotic than they are today.