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The youngest known planet is still forming.
PDS 70b is a planet that's still in the process of formation, allowing astronomers to watch planetary birth in action. The planet is gathering mass as it sweeps up material from the disk of gas and dust around its star. This provides crucial insights into how planets form and evolve.
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The most distant human-made object is now in interstellar space.
Voyager 1, launched in 1977, became the first human-made object to enter interstellar space in 2012. It's now...
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Some galaxies have no dark matter.
NGC 1052-DF2 is the first galaxy discovered that appears to contain no dark matter, which challenges our understanding...
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There’s a planet with a surface temperature of 4,300°C, hotter than some stars.
KELT-9b is the hottest known exoplanet, with a dayside temperature hotter than many stars. It's so hot that...