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
Astronomers find more oxygen than expected in an incredibly distant galaxy
Psyche takes a parting shot of the red planet; black holes in the “mass gap” form by merging two smaller black holes
We get a second moon, kinda, for a week in 2027. Also, a cosmic train wreck around another star
I guess robots don’t know about Planck’s Law