Legendary Star’s Smooth Disk Mystifies Astronomers, Challenges Planet Formation Theories
Legendary Star Lacks Evidence for Large Planet Construction Ever since the dawn of human consciousness, skywatchers have been ...
Quanta Magazine1d
Debate May Help AI Models Converge on Truth
Quanta Magazine moderates comments to facilitate an informed, substantive, civil conversation. Abusive, profane, ...
Inverse2d
The Webb Telescope Found A Planet Orbiting A Star 35 Light Years Away — Its Data Is Just Plain Odd
Recent data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggests that a planet orbiting a small, red star 35 light years away ...
The Brighterside of News on MSN2d
New interstellar discovery reveals origin of our solar system
The mysteries of the cosmos continue to unravel, with scientists piecing together clues about the origins of our solar system ...
Nearly three years since launch, Webb is a hit among astronomers
These are just a taste of the discoveries made by the $10 billion Webb telescope since it began science observations in 2022.
Live Science on MSN3d
'Ridiculously smooth': James Webb telescope spies unusual pancake-like disk around nearby star Vega — and scientists can't explain it
The nearby bright star Vega is surrounded by a surprisingly smooth, 100 billion-mile-wide disk of cosmic dust, confirming ...
Space on MSN4d
'Vega continues to be unusual:' Lack of planets around young star puzzles astronomers
A joint Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project to learn more about the dusty disk around the bright star Vega ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN4d
The Six Most Amazing Discoveries We’ve Made About Neptune
Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space ...
Techno-Science on MSN4d
🔭 Astronomers probe a "steam world" 🪐
An international study led by Canada has revealed new insights into the atmosphere of the exoplanet GJ 9827 d — orbiting the star GJ 9827, in the constellation Pisces, about 98 light-years ...
AZoQuantum on MSN5d
The Secrets of Vega: New Telescope Observations Uncover Star’s Dusty Disk
Astronomers have used NASA’s Hubble and James Webb space telescopes to capture unprecedented details of the extensive debris ...
This black hole just did something theoretically impossible
Black holes are fascinating objects. They're unimaginably dense: If Earth was (hypothetically) crushed into a black hole, it would be under an inch across. This profound density gives black holes ...
'Landing will swallow you': Why Jupiter doesn’t have a solid surface to walk on
Unlike Earth and other rocky planets, Jupiter lacks a solid surface. It’s composed entirely of gas and liquid, making it ...