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JWST measures ‘Hot Jupiter,’ a distant exoplanet hot enough to forge iron

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope isn’t only snapping some of the most detailed images of our cosmos—it’s also helping an…

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Could a self-sustaining starship carry humanity to distant worlds?

This article was originally featured on MIT Press Reader. This article is adapted from Christopher Mason’s book “The Next 500…

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Webb unlocks secrets of one of the most distant galaxies ever seen

Looking deeply into space and time, two teams using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have studied the exceptionally luminous galaxy…

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Remains found in 1970 identified after a distant relative uploads DNA online : NPR

A side-by-side comparison between Sandra Young (left) and an image rendered in 2021 using DNA technology (right.) Oregon State Police…

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North Korea launches suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile that can reach distant US bases

South Korea, the U.S. and Japan are analyzing further details of the launch as the South’s military maintains readiness, according…

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Mysterious radio burst came from group of galaxies in distant universe

An artist’s impression (not to scale) of the path of the fast radio burst FRB 20220610A M. Kornmesser/European Southern Observatory…

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Supernova encore: Second lensed supernova in a distant galaxy

In November 2023, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope observed a massive cluster of galaxies named MACS J0138.0-2155. Through an effect…

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