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How the James Webb Space Telescope is helping size up tiny dwarf planets
A new model that incorporates data gathered by the JWST could help scientists understand the composition and mass of objects ...
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Astronomers Find Four New Exoplanets Orbiting a Neighboring Star, the ‘White Whale’ of Planet Seekers
More than 60 years after the first debunked discovery of a planet orbiting Barnard’s Star, the closest single-star system to ...
4 miniature, Earth-like planets discovered extremely close to our sun
A quartet of small, rocky exoplanets likely circle Barnard's Star, around 6 billion light-years from Earth, putting them in ...
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The nearest single star to Earth has four small planets
Last year, astronomers announced that a planet orbits Barnard’s star. Now, researchers have confirmed the existence of three more.
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The biggest machine in science: inside the fight to build the next giant particle collider
The European physics laboratory CERN is planning to build a mega collider by 2070. Critics say the plan could lead to its ...
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 ...
MORNING GLORY: A 'Big Four' run the world now that the fog of the Biden regency-era has lifted
President Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin form a ...
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 ...
Two new brown dwarfs discovered with TESS
An international team of astronomers reports the detection of two new brown dwarfs orbiting distant stars using NASA's ...
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Barnard's Star: Unveiling Hidden Worlds Beyond Reach
Barnard’s Star, a red dwarf too faint to see without a telescope, hosts four newly discovered planets detected by instruments on large telescopes. The planets' gravitational pull causes the star to ...
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Scientists discover smallest galaxy ever seen: 'It's like having a perfectly functional human being that's the size of a grain of rice'
"We thought they were basically all going to be fried because the entire universe turned into a vat of boiling oil." ...
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High Point wins 76-73 over Radford in Big South Conference Tournament semifinals
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Led by Kimani Hamilton's 18 points, the High Point Panthers defeated the Radford Highlanders 76-73 in the Big South Conference Tournament semifinals. On Sunday, High Point ...