Planets form inside swirling discs of gas and dust surrounding newborn stars, hidden that make them extraordinarily difficult to detect. Astronomers know these protoplanetary discs contain the raw ingredients for planetary systems…
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Astronomers ring in the new year with a stunning galaxy collision
Ring in the New Year with the “Champagne Cluster,” a distant galaxy cluster featured in a new image that combines data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical telescopes.
Astronomers first identified this galaxy cluster on Dec. 31,…
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Astronomers ring in the new year with a stunning galaxy collision
Ring in the New Year with the “Champagne Cluster,” a distant galaxy cluster featured in a new image that combines data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical telescopes.
Astronomers first identified this galaxy cluster on Dec. 31,…
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Earthlife is made of space stuff, studies of asteroid Bennu hint
In October 2020, when the world was beginning to come out of a global lockdown, a spacecraft more than 3 lakh km away performed a pogo-stick jump on a small asteroid called Bennu and collected samples of its surface.
The craft, part of NASA’s…
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what’s happening in physics in 2026? – Physics World
Happy new year: what’s happening in physics in 2026? – Physics World