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“After a brief period early in their lifespans, most brown dwarfs remain single for the rest of their very long existence.” Comments (0). An illustration shows two brown dwarf failed stars as they part ways (Image credit: Robert Lea).

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Don’t panic; the shutdown of the space telescope that has served NASA for almost 20 years is only temporary. Comments (0). A spacecraft that looks like its wrapped in foil (it’s not really, of course. An illustration of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift …

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By tracking the motions of billions of stars in our galaxy, the Gaia space telescope has been unraveling the history of the Milky Way — and the spacecraft’s latest findings disentangle that story in a more literal way than ever before.

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“With suitable instrumentation, such as the SUrface Dust Analyzer on NASA’s Europa Clipper space probe, it might be easier than we thought to find life, or traces of it, on icy moons,” said Frank Postberg of Freie Universität Berlin in a statement.

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Scientists created a giant vortex made of tiny quantum pieces to bring black hole physics down to Earth. Comments (0). A black circle in the center of the scene is emanating circular ripples going outward to. An illustration shows a black hole in a …

The New York Times

On April 8, North America will experience its second total solar eclipse in seven years. The moon will glide over the surface of our sun, casting a shadow over a swath of Earth below. Along this path, the world will turn dark as night.

The Washington Post

But, on April 8, it will be particularly stunning, according to a newly released simulation from Predictive Science, a San Francisco-based company that develops computer models of the sun and whose work supports a number of NASA missions.

Space.com

“By understanding the sizes and shapes of craters on Europa and reproducing their formation with numerical simulations, we’re able to infer information about how thick its ice shell is.” Comments (0). An asteroid races toward the icy Jovian moon Europa …

The New York Times

Victor Glover wearing a blue astronaut jumpsuit. Victor Glover, the pilot of NASA’s Artemis II mission to the moon next year, discussed his experience of applying to be an astronaut during a recent …

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Skywatchers have been treated to a special visitor this month, as the ‘horned’ comet 12P/Pons-Brooks streaks across the night sky. Currently, this celestial vagabond is visible to those with a pair of good binoculars or a telescope but by the end of …