How black holes can lead us to thriving alien worlds
Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in ...
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From Worlds That Look Like Cotton Candy to Others Covered in Volcanoes, These Are the Strangest and Most Captivating Exoplanets
Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...
What’s Up In the sky for April 2025? Venus, Lyrids Meteor Shower and more
Venus becomes the brilliant “Morning Star” in the east before dawn, the Lyrids Meteor Shower takes place and the Moon has ...
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Tiny brown dwarfs discovered inside the Flame Nebula
A team of astronomers recently tapped into JWST’s capabilities to explore the smallest objects in the Flame Nebula.
Jets from powerful black holes can point astronomers toward where − and where not − to look for life in the universe
Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in that galaxy is rotating.
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The intimate Dutch portrait that poses galactic questions
Olivier van Deuren’s painting of a young astronomer blends science, mysticism and ambitions of celestial proportions, Jin ...
Webb Telescope Captures Neptune’s Long-Hidden Auroras in Stunning Detail
Long-Sought Auroral Glow Finally Emerges Under Webb’s Powerful Gaze Neptune lies in the cold, dark reaches of the outer edges ...
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Ariana Grande’s ‘Brighter Days Ahead’ Short Film Is a Course in Surviving Your Saturn Return
As no stranger to the phoenix rising hero’s journey, so why should we be shocked she is acing one of the most difficult ...
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Earth-like planets may be more common than we thought
Even more exciting, the model suggests that some Earth-like planets could form in the habitable zone—the region around a star ...
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Lyrids and morning planets April 2025 sky-watch by Dennis Herrmann
Lyrid meteor shower, which peaks the night of April 22nd, is one of the main April highlights for sky-watchers.  This meteor ...
North Side native Maxwell Jenkins is one child actor who's defied the Hollywood odds
Jenkins stars alongside Kevin Bacon and Jennifer Nettles in "The Bondsman: Hell and Back," streaming April 3 on Prime Video.
7 night sky events to see in April, from a meteor shower to the ‘pink moon’
The moon dims, the meteors fly, and the planets dance—these are the most exciting celestial events happening this month.