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The giant protoplanetary disk offers clues to how gas and dust organize themselves around a star to form planets.

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When the unusual object 3I/ATLAS first entered our cosmic neighbourhood in July 2025, it didn't just appear on telescopes — it sparked a wave of speculation that shows no sign of stopping. For a brief ...

Astronomers at Durham University and collaborators at the University of Warwick used the European Southern Observatory’s Very ...

In this shockwave, a red hue represented hydrogen, green represented nitrogen and blue represented oxygen residing in interstellar space.

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