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Could Mars’ red color have formed under wet conditions?
A recent study of data from multiple missions shows the Red Planet may get its name from an iron mineral that formed when ...
Here’s Why the Moon Turns Red—And When It Will Happen Next (Hint: It’s Very Soon!)
W e tend to take the moon for granted—after all, it’s there night after night, just hanging out in the starry sky. But ...
White dwarf and red dwarf duo emit radio pulses every two hours
An international team of astronomers led by scientists from the Netherlands has shown that a white dwarf and a red dwarf ...
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Astronomy’s dirty window to space
Astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have constructed the first detailed 3D map of the properties of cosmic dust in our home galaxy. For their map, the astronomers used 130 million ...
Best dates to see rare 'blood-red' lunar eclipse as it light up skies this March
The first total lunar eclipse in over two years will be visible from Europe, the United States, and other destinations on ...
Four planets found orbiting a star 6 light-years from Earth
Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...
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Dark energy is even stranger than we thought, new 3D map of the universe suggests. 'What a time to be alive!' (video)
New results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) suggest that the unknown force accelerating the expansion of ...
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Mysterious radio pulses from the Milky Way ‘are unlike anything we knew before’
To solve the Milky Way mystery, de Ruiter devised a method to identify radio pulses lasting seconds to minutes within the ...
Scientists Just Mapped 130 Million Stars to Reveal the Universe’s Hidden Haze
Astronomers rely on clear observations to study celestial objects, but cosmic dust alters what we see, making stars appear ...