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This artist's concept visualizes a super-Neptune world orbiting a low-mass star near the center of our Milky Way galaxy.

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Our modern era of space observation and exploration deepens our connection with the universe—and with each other. When NASA ...

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Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space ...

These embryos, somewhere between small planetesimals and fully formed planets, were abundant during the solar system's formative stages and played a critical role in planetary formation.