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Planetary Shields Will Buckle Under Furious Stellar Winds From Their Dying Stars – Nearly Impossible for Life To Survive
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Furious Stellar Winds From Their Dying Stars

Planetary Shields Will Buckle Under Furious Stellar Winds From Their Dying Stars – Nearly Impossible for Life To Survive Any life identified on planets orbiting white dwarf stars almost certainly…

24 July 2021 · 5 min read

A Bug’s Life: Mountains on Neutron Stars May Be Only Fractions of Millimeters Tall
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A Bug’s Life: Mountains on Neutron Stars May Be Only Fractions of Millimeters Tall

Photo: Artist’s depiction of a neutron star. Credit: ESO / L. Calçada New models of neutron stars show that their tallest mountains may be only fractions of millimeters high, due…

24 July 2021 · 3 min read

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SuperBIT: A Low-Cost Telescope

A SuperBIT optical and ultraviolet composite image of the ‘Pillars of Creation’, trunks of gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula, 7,000 light years away in the direction of the…

21 July 2021 · 5 min read

Mysterious Population of Rogue Planets Spotted Near the Center of Our Galaxy
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Mysterious Population of Rogue Planets Spotted Near the Center of Our Galaxy

Artist’s impression of a free-floating planet. Tantalizing evidence has been uncovered for a mysterious population of “rogue” (or “free-floating”) planets, planets that may be alone in deep space, unbound to…

18 July 2021 · 4 min read

Habitable Planets With Earth-Like Biospheres May Be Much Rarer Than Thought
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Habitable Planets With Earth-Like Biospheres May Be Much Rarer Than Thought

A new analysis of known exoplanets has revealed that Earth-like conditions on potentially habitable planets may be much rarer than previously thought. The work focuses on the conditions required for…

18 July 2021 · 3 min read