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Exoplanets—planets that orbit stars beyond our solar system—have transformed our understanding of the universe. Since the ...

"How planets are born is an unsolved area of research," astrophysicist Daniel Price of Australia's Monash University told ...

Apples-to-apples comparisons in the distant universe are hard to come by. Whether the subject is dwarf galaxies, supermassive black holes, or 'hot Jupiters,' astronomers can spend months or years ...

An international planet hunt spearheaded by Monash University researchers has discovered evidence of five new baby planets, ...

The idea was first hypothesized about 70 years ago. In a bizarre repercussion of Albert Einstein's Special Theory of ...

A massive solar tornado, big enough to swallow the Earth, was observed twirling across the surface of the "quiet" sun last ...

Stars don’t just form planets—they may also re-supply their disks with gas, reshaping how and where planets emerge.

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Will the Universe end in a Big Freeze, a Big Rip – or something even stranger? Take a look into the distant future with ...

Use precise geolocation data. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Store and/or access information on a ...

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