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Moon Rocks Reveal Stunning Clues About a Missing Planet

Key Points Revealing Theia’s composition: A new study in Science identifies the likely chemical makeup of Theia, the ancient...

Mysterious Structures Discovered Beneath Earth May Explain Why Our Planet Supports Life

A Rutgers researcher and collaborators have linked unusual geological anomalies to Earth’s molten origins and its unique habitability. For...

JWST Reveals a 3D Map of a Planet So Hot It Destroys Water

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to build the first 3D map of a distant planet’s atmosphere....

Rogue Planet Feasting Faster Than Any World Ever Seen

A runaway “rogue planet” is gorging on space dust at a rate of six billion tonnes per second. The...

Webb Telescope Detects Gas on Distant Dwarf Planet Makemake for the First Time

Methane gas may signal an atmosphere or geological activity on a distant dwarf planet located at the outer edge...

Webb Telescope Spots a “Blob” Near a Star, but Is It a Planet?

JWST placed new limits on planets around Epsilon Eridani and demonstrated an improved technique for spotting faint signals. In science,...

For the First Time, Astronomers See a Baby Planet Still Glowing From Birth

A young gas giant, WISPIT 2b, was detected within a multi-ringed disk around a Sun-like star. Its active formation...

This Tiny Star Hosts a Giant Planet That Breaks the Rules of Astronomy

Astronomers have discovered a giant Saturn-sized planet orbiting TOI-6894, the tiniest known star to host such a world. This...

AI Twins Could Help Save the Planet, But Only If We Fix Them First

Scientists are turning to a surprising new ally in the fight against climate change: digital twins — smart, AI-powered...

Astronomers Catch a Giant Planet Forming in a Swirl of Dust

A seemingly quiet star just gave up one of the universe’s best-kept secrets: a massive gas giant forming in...

These Fruit Trees Turn CO₂ Into Stone – And Might Just Save the Planet

In a surprising twist of nature, certain fig trees in Kenya are doing more than just bearing fruit—they’re capturing...

Hidden Rings Around Baby Stars Reveal Earliest Clues of Planet Birth

Sharper views of 78 infant-star disks in the Ophiuchus cloud reveal crisp rings and spirals—gravitational fingerprints of emerging planets—just...