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A protostar has been found without a disk slowly feeding it
Theia may have formed near Earth, and asteroid 2005 MN45 spins fast
A rant about the misuse of scientific units
The second star may be leaving a wake behind it as it orbits
An incredibly fast wind from a black hole, and a super-hot super-Earth may have a broiling atmosphere, too
Big milestone for a Mars mission, and a weirdly familiar sight in the Martian sky
The Vela Supernova Remnant is a masterpiece of chaos
An incredibly powerful explosion reached out to us from across the Universe
A physics-based approach to nutrition is at best only mildly helpful
A mind-blowing image of Mars taken from above the planet itself
It depends on what you mean by “day”. Also, old stars eat their planets!
The longest night is now behind us, and a Hubble image of a galaxy used as a ruler
