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The True Story of Jesus: What Archaeology Reveals
Photo by Simon Norfolk, Courtesy of Yardenit The texts of the New Testament are, by far, the most obvious (and likely the most controversial) traces of his time on earth. But what relationship ...
Astronomers listened to the ‘music’ of flickering stars – and discovered an unexpected feature
Stars are constantly vibrating because of ‘starquakes’. Listening to their sound can reveal a surprising amount of ...
Salon4d
Erasing the stars: Satellite megaconstellations are a mega problem for Earth and sky
And now, as the new space race heats up, spawning tens of thousands of satellites in orbit around the Earth, it only stands to make the visible night sky less so. Dimming stars are just one of ...
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4 Small Planets Found Around One of Closest Stars To Earth: What We Know
Consequently, even though it is one of the closest stars to Earth, such that its light takes only six years to get here, it is too faint to be seen with the naked eye. Now, four small planets have ...
Space.com19d
Massive star explosions may have triggered two mass extinctions in Earth's past: 'It would be terrifying.'
Deaths of nearby massive stars may have played a significant role in triggering at least two mass extinction events in Earth's history, according to new research. The explosive supernova deaths of ...
Science News19d
The nearest single star to Earth has four small planets
Last year, astronomers announced that a planet orbits Barnard’s star. Now, researchers have confirmed the existence of three more.
The Iconic Rebel Alliance Symbol in Star Wars Has a Surprising Origin
The animated Star Wars Rebels revealed that Mandalorian Sabine Wren helped create the seminal logo for the Rebel Alliance.
New York Post3d
Blaze Star that’s 3,000 lightyears away will soon explode — and you’ll get to see it from Earth: ‘Once-in-a-lifetime event’
A star system 3,000 lightyears away is ready to go nova — and when it blows, it will be visible from Earth. T Coronae Borealis, a.k.a. Blaze Star, only explodes once every 80 years, appearing as ...
Space.com20d
Alien life could survive on Earth-like planets circling dead stars, study suggests
The model simulated an Earth-like planet orbiting a white dwarf, allowing the team to measure how much energy the world received as its dead star cooled and the habitable zone it sat in shrank.
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Four planets found orbiting a star 6 light-years from Earth
the nearest single star system to Earth. The four planets are classified as sub-Earths because each one is about 19% to 34% the mass of Earth, according to new research. “It’s a really ...
Science Daily5d
Sound frequencies of stars sing of our galaxy's past and future
Researchers interrogated the 'sounds' of a cluster of stars within the Milky Way, uncovering a new technique for astrophysicists to probe the universe and learn more about its evolution.
The Conversation25d
Four small planets discovered around one of the closest stars to Earth – an expert explains what we know
Consequently, even though it is one of the closest stars to Earth, such that its light takes only six years to get here, it is too faint to be seen with the naked eye. Now, four small planets have ...