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Runaway 'failed star' races through the cosmos at 1.2 million mph

Citizen scientists have discovered what may be a brown dwarf racing through the cosmos at around 1.2 million miles per hour. Now astronomers want to know what launched it.

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Jupiter's surreal clouds swirl in new van Gogh-esque view from NASA's Juno probe (photo)

Vivid clouds swirl across Jupiter's skies like colorful brushstrokes in a new photo from NASA's Juno spacecraft.

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James Webb Space Telescope directly images its coldest exoplanet target yet

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have investigated a super-Jupiter that is one of the coldest exoplanets ever directly imaged.

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Astronomers Were Looking for a Planet, but They Didn't Expect This One

Epsilon Indi Ab is bigger, cooler, and farther out than anyone expected.

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Scientists Discover Ancient 'Super Jupiter' Exoplanet Orbiting Red Dwarf

Discover the oldest and coldest-known exoplanet, Epsilon Indi Ab, orbiting a red dwarf, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Transistors on NASA's Europa satellite can't handle space radiation, putting mission at risk — repair could require 'baking' the MOSFETS inside the satellite

The Infineon transistors NASA used on the Europa Clipper had a higher-than-expected failure rate when exposed to radiation. The agency now has to see how it will affect the Jupiter mission and what steps it should take to keep the satellite on schedule.

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The greatest astronomical discoveries of the past 25 years

As we celebrate Space.com's 25th anniversary, take a look back at the greatest discoveries in astronomy in the past 25 years.

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25 things to admire in the night sky that aren't just the moon and stars

We've picked out 25 skywatching targets to celebrate Space.com's 25th anniversary. Can you catch them all?

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Astronomers Stumbled Upon a Planet In the Act of Becoming a Hot Jupiter

An exoplanet on a twisted, backwards orbit may offer clues about how hot Jupiters actually form.

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Exoplanet with weird orbit is transforming into a hot Jupiter before our eyes

Astronomers may have solved the mystery of how hot Jupiter exoplanets are born, finding a gas giant with a weird orbit in the process of transforming into just such a world.

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'Dark comets' may be a much bigger threat to Earth than we thought, new study warns

A strange class of space rock known as a "dark comet" has qualities of both asteroids and comets — and the hard-to-spot objects may pose a larger threat to Earth than we thought, according to new research.

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25 years of exoplanet hunting hasn't revealed Earth 2.0 — but is that what we're looking for?

It's been a long ride for exoplanet science — and for Space.com itself.

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Evidence of water found in atmosphere of mysterious 'metal god of war' exoplanet

The composition and great density of 'hot Saturn' exoplanet Smertrios are a challenge to planet formation models that the detection of water may help solve.

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Look up! See the Perseid meteor shower, Full Thunder Moon and more this week

Discover your night sky this week, July 15-21, 2024, using just your naked eyes.

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NASA's $5 billion Europa Clipper mission may not be able to handle Jupiter's radiation

NASA is troubleshooting a recently revealed problem with the transistors aboard its $5 billion Europa Clipper spacecraft, which is slated to launch this October.

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Galactic penguin honors the 2nd anniversary of James Webb Space Telescope's 1st images

To celebrate the second anniversary of the James Webb Space Telescope's first images, NASA has revealed a cosmic Penguin and Egg.

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'Dark comets' may have given Earth its water long ago

'Dark comets,' which have no visible tail, could also explain the strange behavior of the interstellar object 'Oumuamua.

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'Traffic jams' around Uranus could solve the mystery of its weak radiation belts

In 1986, the Voyager 2 spacecraft discovered Uranus has a strangely weak radiation belt. Now, researchers think this could be linked to "traffic jams" caused by the world's warped magnetic field.

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James Webb telescope reveals rare, 'rotten egg' atmosphere around nearby hell planet

The James Webb Space Telescope revealed that the hot Jupiter exoplanet HD 189733 b, located just 64 light-years from Earth, has an atmosphere full of hydrogen sulfide, meaning it likely smells of rotten eggs.

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Extreme 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet stinks like rotten eggs and has raging glass storms

As if deadly rains of glass, temperatures hot enough to melt lead, and sidewise 5,000 mph winds weren't unfriendly enough, the JWST has found a Jupiter-sized exoplanet also stinks of rotten eggs.

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New moon of July 2024: Dark skies tonight as Earth is farthest from the sun today

The new moon of July 2024 occurs today as Earth reaches its farthest point from the sun, known as aphelion.

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With its latest Moon mission success, China’s space programme has the US in its sights

June 25 2024 marked a new “first” in the history of spaceflight. China’s robotic Chang’e 6 spacecraft delivered samples of rock back to Earth from a huge feature on the Moon called the south pole–Aitken basin. After touching down on the Moon’s “far side”, on the southern rim of the…

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