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For the first time, astronomers spot the beginning of a solar system
Astronomers first identified these minerals using the now-three-year-old James Webb Space Telescope. To see where exactly the ...
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Birth of a solar system caught ‘on camera’ for first time
The researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to probe the chemical make-up of material around the star, and found the ...
A Solar System Internet? Space Laser Test Moves Us Closer
The deep-space optical communication link could revolutionize how scientists communicate with spacecraft as they explore the ...
Getting to know 3I/ATLAS, our solar system's newest interstellar visitor
A team of international astronomers, including a University of Michigan doctoral student, were the first to publish the ...
Our solar system has a new mysterious visitor—what is it?
Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...
Astronomers spot an interstellar object zipping through our solar system
Astronomers have observed an object that originated from beyond our solar system, thought to be an interstellar comet, ...
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This star offers the earliest peek at the birth of a planetary system like ours
A young sunlike star called HOPS 315 seems to host a swirling disk of gas giving rise to minerals that kick-start the planet formation process.
Scientists watch a solar system being born for the first ever time
Using a powerful telescope, researchers saw the first pieces of material that will go onto form planets. A solar system has ...