Published in a new study available in pre-print on arXiv, this discovery of NGC 1052-DF9 adds significant weight to the ...
Astronomers have long argued that dark matter is the invisible scaffolding that holds galaxies together. Without its immense ...
The moon did indeed coalesce out of tiny bits of pulverized planet blasted into space by a catastrophic collision 4.5 billion years ago, two new studies suggest. The new research potentially plugs a ...
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Astronomers announced today that a mystery object orbiting a star 170 light-years from Earth might have formed from the collision and merger of two protoplanets. The object, known as 2M1207B, has ...