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So, we should assume that the most distant galaxy we could ever hope to see is no more than 13.8 billion light-years away. (One light-years is the distance light travels in a year). That point should be a “cosmological horizon” of sorts — beyond which no …

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While some comet experts think Comet Tsunchinchan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) will “soon be no longer,” others think it’s doing just fine. Comments (0). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

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Named for the Gaelic god of war, Smertrios has a composition and density that are a challenge to planet formation models. Comments (0). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

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Space travel has evolved tremendously over the past quarter century, seeing a transformation from government-driven, exploratory missions to a dynamic, more commercially driven frontier. In 1999, there were 79 orbital launch attempts, …

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Cue the brazen headlines proclaiming the death of the Big Bang theory. But those stories left out a crucial detail: Astronomers estimated the redshift of those galaxies through a technique known as photometry, which is incredibly uncertain.

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“We now know of thousands of ‘planets’ orbiting other stars, but the IAU definition applies only to those in our solar system, which is obviously a big flaw,” said Margot. “We propose a new definition that can be applied to celestial bodies that orbit any …

The Washington Post

As polar ice melts, water moves from the poles toward the equator — making our Earth bulkier and rotate slower. By Kasha …

Phys.Org

This artist’s concept shows what the exoplanet WASP-39 b could look like based on indirect transit observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope as well as other space- and ground-based telescopes. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI).

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Scientific American

It’s been 55 years since the Apollo 11 mission, innovative ​​“stillsuits” designed to recycle astronaut pee could enhance spacewalks, and a surprising case of the plague has occurred in Colorado. By Rachel Feltman, Anaissa Ruiz Tejada & Fonda Mwangi.