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Joined: February 1, 2024
Articles: 5

Space Exploration

Some planets ‘death spiral’ into their stars and scientists may now know why

WASP-12b is a planet on a date with a fiery destiny, doomed to plunge into its sun-like star. Scientists may finally know why some hot Jupiters eventually death spiral into their stars.

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May 2, 2024

Space Exploration

The mystery of how strange cosmic objects called ‘JuMBOs’ went rogue

Scientists may have discovered how JuMBOs, strangle binary objects found in Orion, may have gone rogue while staying gravitationally bound. The discovery may shake up theories of planet formation.

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April 24, 2024

Space Exploration

Tiny black holes left over from the Big Bang may be prime dark matter suspects

Don't rule out primordial black holes as dark matter suspects just yet! Particle-sized black holes may resist evaporation, surviving long enough to account for the universe's most mysterious stuff.

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April 13, 2024

Space Exploration

Cannibal stars at the heart of the Milky Way stay young in a gruesome way

To remain youthful in a cosmic demolition derby around supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*, some cannibalistic stars gruesomely bathe in outer layers of their stellar victims.

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April 4, 2024

Science

James Webb telescope makes ultra-rare detection of 2 planets orbiting dead stars

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected two alien planets orbiting white dwarfs, the collapsed husks of once-mighty stars. The discovery offers a hint of what our solar system will look like after the sun's eventual demise.