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Spectacular celestial image of a newborn star's dust looks like a 1990s psychedelic rave flier
The James Webb Space Telescope captured this stunning image of the gas and dust around a newborn star in the constellation ...
Scientists 'dust for fingerprints' around a young star as it births exoplanets
How do you dust a star for prints? Scientists have the answer to this strange question: by reconstructing the magnetic field ...
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Giant Solar Storm Gave Earth A New Proton Belt, NASA's CubeSat Mission Finds
2024's gigantic solar storm gave the Earth two new temporary radiation belts, according to NASA's CubeSat mission. One of these belts could stay in place for a "very long time", according to NASA ...
James Webb Space Telescope images bacteria-size dust grains — they'll likely turn into exoplanets
The James Webb Space Telescope's new image spotlights dust grains in a distant protoplanetary disk, allowing astronomers to ...
Simulation reveals what will happen if asteroid Bennu crashes to Earth
Researchers predict that a collision with the asteroid Bennu would plunge Earth into a year's long 'impact winter'.
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Dusting for stars' magnetic fingerprints
Astronomers have succeeded in observing the magnetic field around a young star where planets are thought to be forming. The team was able to use dust to measure the three-dimensional structure ...
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global ‘impact winter,’ study says
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...