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Astronomy & Astrophysics Close Quarters: Webb Spots Dual Black Holes Feeding in the Young Universe
When galaxies collide, their central black holes should eventually meet too. Close pairs have been confirmed nearby, but in the...
Astronomy & Astrophysics Saving Grace: How Giant Impacts Help Young Planets Keep Their Atmospheres
A young planet struck by another growing world might be expected to come away bruised and bare. The textbook picture...
Astronomy & Astrophysics Hidden Company: Rubin Doubles the Trailing Neptune Trojans
Neptune does not travel alone. Two clouds of icy bodies share its orbit, one running 60 degrees ahead of the...
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Our Planet & Beyond Cold Storage: Small Craters Track Mars Polar Ice Year by Year
Mars keeps a climate archive at its north pole, written in stacked layers of ice and dust. Reading it means...
Astronomy & Astrophysics Close Quarters: Webb Spots Dual Black Holes Feeding in the Young Universe
When galaxies collide, their central black holes should eventually meet too. Close pairs have been confirmed nearby, but in the...
Quick Reads Second Wind: NASA Seeks Ideas for Commercial Hubble Servicing
A telescope with no engine has a lifespan set by the air around it. Even hundreds of kilometres up, faint...
Quick Reads Ultraviolet Return: NASA Confirms the UVEX Space Telescope for 2031
For more than a decade, astronomers have had no dedicated wide-field eye on the ultraviolet sky. Earth's atmosphere blocks this...
Astronomy & Astrophysics Saving Grace: How Giant Impacts Help Young Planets Keep Their Atmospheres
A young planet struck by another growing world might be expected to come away bruised and bare. The textbook picture...
Quick Reads Every Watt Counts: Voyager 1 Power Swap Buys Time Before One Light-Day
A spacecraft built in the 1970s does not get spare parts. When Voyager 1 runs short of electricity, its engineers...