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Maybe it should eat some naan pizza.
Astronomers trace lithium to find some red dwarfs that dined on some rocky worlds
It takes a lot of them to fit across an orange, for example. And a mole, too.
Connecting facts for that “aha” moment
Low-mass red dwarfs show a paucity of mini-Neptunes. It’s not clear why.
The two brightest planets are close together after sunset. And, the tiny moon of Mars is not artificial. Probably.
Go ahead and think about it. Nope, it’s bigger. Try again. Nope, still too small. This game can go on a long time.
A tiny asteroid retains small rocks even with low gravity, and Antarctica net ice loss reverses even as gross ice loss increases
Research published on how scientists can help stamp out the spread of disinformation
A survey of four nearby galaxies reveals important details on how these beasts are born
It sounds worse than it is. In fact, it’s really cool and telling us about our local galactic neighborhood
The star seems to have settled its unsettling behavior down, and corona discharges from trees finally seen in the wild
