State Dept denies deleting data on halted program tracking abducted Ukrainian children
The U.S. State Department on Wednesday denied that data collected in a government-funded program that helps track thousands ...
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After 50 Years of Searching for Exoplanets, We Found Our Smallest Cosmic Neighbors Orbiting Local Star
These rather small planets are a stone's throw from Earth in galactic terms, but were too small for previous instruments to ...
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Six small, short-lived lava flows erupt overnight at Kīlauea’s Halemaʻumaʻu crater
Six small, short-lived lava flows erupted at Kilaueaʻs Halemaʻumaʻu crater between midnight and 6 a.m. on Wednesday, March 19 ...
Several planets found orbiting star less than 6 light-years away
Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...
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Burning Bright: Astronomy Club creates own outlet for space-loving students
In space news: the SpaceX rocket blew up again,” Astronomy Club president Mia Bridges ’25 said. The club members scattered in Small Hall 122 nodded attentively. One person laughed. The College of ...
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Swarms of satellites are harming astronomy. Here’s how researchers are fighting back
SpaceX and other companies plan to launch tens of thousands of satellites, which could mar astronomical observations and pollute the atmosphere.
Four small planets discovered around one of the closest stars to Earth—an expert explains what we know
Barnard's Star is a small, dim star of the type that astronomers call red dwarfs. Consequently, even though it is one of the ...
New Horizons needs a new flyby target—Vera Rubin can help
Exploration of the outer solar system may be getting a boost from the Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO). When this gigantic ...
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Scientists Discover Four Intriguing Planets Around Closest Single-Star Solar System to Earth
MAROON-X was specifically designed to detect tiny exoplanets orbiting red dwarf stars by detecting the minuscule ...
Four Tiny Planets Discovered Near Earth, After Century-Long Search
Astronomers have made an exciting breakthrough by discovering four sub-Earth exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our closest ...
Mysterious radio pulses from the Milky Way ‘are unlike anything we knew before’
To solve the Milky Way mystery, de Ruiter devised a method to identify radio pulses lasting seconds to minutes within the ...
After 100 Years of Searching, Astronomers Confirm Four Planets at Barnard’s Star
Astronomers have discovered not one, but four tiny planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our cosmic neighbor. These planets, each ...