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Astronomers Discover Potentially Habitable Earth-Like Planet Just 35 Light-Years Away – SciTechDaily

Astronomers Discover Potentially Habitable Earth-Like Planet Just 35 Light-Years Away  SciTechDaily This ‘super-Earth’ exoplanet 35 light-years away might have what it takes to support life  Yahoo Home Astronomers Find Five Rocky Planets Around a Small Red Dwarf, Including a Super-Earth in the Habitable Zone  Universe Today NEWS🚨: Astronomers Find Five Planets Around a Small Star, Including a Super-Earth in the Habitable Zone  Vocal Exoplanet …

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Interstellar Meteors Hit Earth All the Time but Still Elude Astronomers

Interstellar Meteors Hit Earth All the Time but Still Elude Astronomers

Aliens are visiting our solar system. Not little green men, sadly, but natural alien objects—cosmic bodies such as comets and asteroids born elsewhere in the galaxy that zip by the sun as they drift through the Milky Way. They’re not so much visiting as just passing through. Though these objects were speculated to exist for a long time, we didn’t …

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Astronomers spy never-before-seen star orbiting Betelgeuse

Astronomers spy never-before-seen star orbiting Betelgeuse

Facebook Tweet Email Link Astronomers have observed what they believe to be a never-before-seen companion star orbiting Betelgeuse, a pulsating red supergiant star in the shoulder of the Orion constellation. One of the best known and most luminous stars in the night sky, Betelgeuse has long intrigued anyone who has gazed up and seen its reddish tint, which is visible …

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Gwyneth Paltrow is Astronomer’s ‘temporary spokesperson’ in new video – The Washington Post

Gwyneth Paltrow is Astronomer’s ‘temporary spokesperson’ in new video  The Washington Post Essay | The One Thing No One Seems to Be Talking About With That Coldplay Couple: Their Ages  The Wall Street Journal Gwyneth Paltrow’s latest role is ‘very temporary’ Astronomer spokesperson  CNN Astronomer’s ‘temporary spokesperson,’ Gwyneth Paltrow, answers questions in post-scandal company video  Fox Business Astronomer HR exec resigns after viral ‘kiss …

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Astronomers spy never-before-seen star orbiting Betelgeuse

Astronomers spy never-before-seen star orbiting Betelgeuse

Facebook Tweet Email Link Astronomers have observed what they believe to be a never-before-seen companion star orbiting Betelgeuse, a pulsating red supergiant star in the shoulder of the Orion constellation. One of the best known and most luminous stars in the night sky, Betelgeuse has long intrigued anyone who has gazed up and seen its reddish tint, which is visible …

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Astronomers Just Found Life’s Building Blocks in a Distant Star’s Baby Disk

Astronomers Just Found Life’s Building Blocks in a Distant Star’s Baby Disk

Astronomers have detected a variety of complex organic molecules (COMs) in the protoplanetary disk surrounding a young star, offering compelling new clues about the chemical roots of life. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a team led by Abubakar Fadul of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) identified 17 complex compounds in the disk of V883 Orionis. Organic …

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“This Star Was Never Alone”: Astronomers Shatter 1,000-Year-Old Belief With First-Ever Image of Betelgeuse’s Hidden Companion

“This Star Was Never Alone”: Astronomers Shatter 1,000-Year-Old Belief With First-Ever Image of Betelgeuse’s Hidden Companion

IN A NUTSHELL 🔭 Astronomers have confirmed the existence of Betelgeuse’s long-speculated companion star using the advanced ‘Alopeke instrument. 🌟 The companion star is a hot blue-white star with a mass about 1.5 times that of the sun, orbiting within Betelgeuse’s extended atmosphere. 💡 The discovery explains Betelgeuse’s regular six-year dimming cycle, previously a long-standing mystery in the astronomical community. …

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Astronomers Just Found a Planet That Might Split Into Two Different Worlds

Astronomers Just Found a Planet That Might Split Into Two Different Worlds

A newly discovered exoplanet may offer astronomers a rare look at how planetary evolution unfolds, revealing the processes that transform young, hydrogen-rich worlds into either gas-shrouded mini-Neptunes or dense rocky super-Earths. The planet, named V1298 Tau b, appears to occupy a “missing link” stage of planetary development, according to new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations. A Proto-Sub-Neptune With Uncertain …

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