Only 12 light years from Earth, Tau Ceti is the closest single star similar to the Sun and an all-time... Read More
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Compounds with noble gases don’t form naturally on Earth. But in the interstellar medium, they are helping scientists probe the history of the universe. Read More
In an international emergency like the present one, you might expect the science of the stars to be the last... Read More
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Over 40 years later, as the Voyagers continue to drift through space, the SETI Institute’s artist-in-residence program is kicking off a brand-new, 21st-century version of the Golden Record. Read More
Hot Jupiters were the first kind of exoplanet found. A quarter-century later, they still perplex and captivate — and their origins hold lessons about planet formation in general. Read More
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