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Bennu Holds the Solar System’s “Original Ingredients”

Bennu Holds the Solar System’s “Original Ingredients”

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

A microscope image of a dark Bennu particle, about a millimeter long, with a crust of bright phosphate. To the right is ...

Could They Unlock the Origins of Life?

Could They Unlock the Origins of Life?

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

A microscope image of a dark Bennu particle, about a millimeter long, with a crust of bright phosphate. To the right is ...

Webb Telescope Reveals Stunning Stellar Jets in Serpens Nebula

Webb Telescope Reveals Stunning Stellar Jets in Serpens Nebula

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

In this image of the Serpens Nebula from the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers found a grouping ...

The Roman Telescope’s Quest for Primordial Black Holes

The Roman Telescope’s Quest for Primordial Black Holes

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The upcoming Roman Space Telescope may unveil a new class of “featherweight” black holes, challenging existing theories of black hole formation. These ...

Hubble Revisits a Strange Star’s 40-Year Nova Mystery

Hubble Revisits a Strange Star’s 40-Year Nova Mystery

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

This artist’s concept shows the nova system HM Sagittae (HM Sge), where a white dwarf star is pulling material from its red ...

Webb Space Telescope Cracks Case of Puffy “Microwaved Marshmallow” Exoplanet

Webb Space Telescope Cracks Case of Puffy “Microwaved Marshmallow” Exoplanet

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The warm gas giant WASP-107 b, known for its unusually low density and moderate temperature, may have its puffed-up atmosphere due to ...

Hubble Captures the Birth of a Sun-like Star

Hubble Captures the Birth of a Sun-like Star

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures a triple-star star system. Credit: NASA, ESA, G. Duchene (Universite de Grenoble I); Image Processing: ...

Webb Finds Atmosphere on Rocky Exoplanet For the First Time

Webb Finds Atmosphere on Rocky Exoplanet For the First Time

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, scientists may have identified atmospheric gases on 55 Cancri e, a super-hot, rocky exoplanet. This discovery ...

Scientists Gear Up for Solar Storms at Mars

Scientists Gear Up for Solar Storms at Mars

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

This coronal mass ejection, captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, erupted on the Sun on August 31, 2012, traveling over 900 miles ...

Martian Methane Baffles Scientists: Curiosity Rover’s Surprising Discovery

Martian Methane Baffles Scientists: Curiosity Rover’s Surprising Discovery

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

NASA’s Curiosity Rover has detected methane in Gale Crater on Mars, a surprising find as there are no signs of life on ...