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Astronomers Uncover the Vast Greater Pleiades Complex with 3,000 Hidden Stars
Astronomers analyzing Gaia and TESS data have discovered that the famed Pleiades is only the bright center of a much larger stellar complex containing over 3,000 stars. Spanning 2,000 light-years, this vast family reveals how young clusters form, travel, and disperse across the galaxy.
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NASA's Astronomers Reveal Red Giant Stars May Destroy Their Own Planets
This extreme expansion poses a serious threat to nearby planets. For example, when the Sun becomes a red giant in about 5 billion years, it will likely swallow Mercury and Venus.
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Exoplanets Explained: How Astronomers Find Worlds Orbiting Stars Beyond the Sun
Exoplanets are planets orbiting stars outside our solar system, hidden by stellar glare and detected indirectly. Astronomers identify them by tracking star wobbles or dips in brightness during planetary transits. NASA’s Kepler mission revealed thousands, with TESS now expanding the search. These discoveries confirm that planetary systems are abun...
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NASA Missions Uncover a Diverse Galaxy of Super-Earths, Raising New Questions About Planetary Evolution
Super-Earths are among the most common planets in the galaxy, yet none exist in our solar system. Larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, they range from ocean-covered worlds to scorched, atmosphere-less rocks. Some orbit within habitable zones, making them prime candidates for life. NASA’s Kepler and TESS missions, along with upcoming telesc...
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Doomed Exoplanet TOI-2109b Spirals Toward Its Star with Three Possible Fates
The gas giant TOI-2109b, over five times Jupiter’s mass, is spiraling closer to its star in a rare planetary death spiral. With a 16-hour orbit and blistering heat, the exoplanet could either plunge into its host star, be torn apart by tidal forces, or evolve into a rocky super-Earth through photoevaporation. NASA’s TESS and ESA’s Cheops data...
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Astronomers Discover "Water-Rich Super-Earth" Twice As Big As Our Planet
Scientists have discovered a new "super-Earth" that is located about 154 light-years away and is nearly twice as big and four times as massive as our planet.
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Two New Exoplanets Found Orbiting a Star in Draco Constellation
Astronomers have identified two exoplanets, TOI-1453 b and TOI-1453 c, orbiting a star 250 light-years away in Draco. The planets, a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune, were detected using NASA’s TESS satellite and the HARPS-N spectrograph. TOI-1453 b is a rocky planet orbiting close to its star, while TOI-1453 c is twice Earth’s size and may have a...
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NASA's TESS Discovers Fastest Disintegrating Planet Ever Seen: What You Need to Know
NASA’s TESS has observed the closest and fastest disintegrating planet, BD+05 4868 Ab, located 141 light-years away. The planet loses a moon’s mass every million years as it is bombarded by its host star. Scientists are examining its massive dust trails, offering rare insights into the composition of terrestrial exoplanets. Researchers from MIT...
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Tentative Evidence of Life Found On Faraway Planet, Says NASA
The space agency announced that its examination of the planet's atmospheric composition indicated the potential existence of an oceanic world.
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Elephants In Houston Zoo Take Daily Yoga Classes To Stay Healthy
A 40-year-old elephant named Tess can do a handstand, it can lift her 6,500-pound body on her front two legs.
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Fast X Part 2 Sets 2025 Release Window, Vin Diesel Confirms at CinemaCon
Fast X: Part 2 will release sometime in 2025, star Vin Diesel confirmed at CinemaCon. Louis Leterrier will return to direct the sequel, which marks a two-part finale to the long-running Fast & Furious saga. The cast of Fast X — releasing May 19 — also revealed an extended trailer to the CinemaCon attendees, which reportedly saw Brie Larson’s ...
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Fast X Trailer: Jason Momoa Leads an Explosive Revenge Against the Toretto Family
Universal Pictures dropped a new Fast X trailer in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. The film, slated to release on May 19, promises an explosive revenge arc against the Toretto family, led by Jason Momoa’s Dante Reyes. Brie Larson is another new addition to the franchise, starring as Tess, a rogue character who sides with Dom’s crew. Advance ...
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The Last of Us Trailer: Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey Struggle Through a Heartbreaking Apocalypse
HBO has released the first teaser trailer for The Last of Us TV series starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in the lead. Based on the 2013 critically-acclaimed video game, the story follows a hardened survivor Joel, who forms an unlikely bond with a teenage girl Ellie, during one of his delivery jobs. Anna Torv also makes an appearance as Tess in...
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Scientists Discover Possible "Ocean World" 100-Light Years Away From Earth
A team of researchers have recently discovered a planet about 100 light years away from Earth that they believe could be completely covered in water. According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the planet - called TOI-1452 b - is believed to be 70% larger than Earth and is located in a "Goldilocks zone," where temperature...
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Astronomers Spot Two Earth-Like Planets in a Nearby Multiplanet System
In a significant discovery, astronomers have spotted one of the closest known multiplanet systems located within our galactic neighbourhood. The system is about 10 parsecs or 33 light-years from Earth and was identified by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).
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Astronomers Uncover the Vast Greater Pleiades Complex with 3,000 Hidden Stars
Astronomers analyzing Gaia and TESS data have discovered that the famed Pleiades is only the bright center of a much larger stellar complex containing over 3,000 stars. Spanning 2,000 light-years, this vast family reveals how young clusters form, travel, and disperse across the galaxy.
-
NASA's Astronomers Reveal Red Giant Stars May Destroy Their Own Planets
This extreme expansion poses a serious threat to nearby planets. For example, when the Sun becomes a red giant in about 5 billion years, it will likely swallow Mercury and Venus.
-
Exoplanets Explained: How Astronomers Find Worlds Orbiting Stars Beyond the Sun
Exoplanets are planets orbiting stars outside our solar system, hidden by stellar glare and detected indirectly. Astronomers identify them by tracking star wobbles or dips in brightness during planetary transits. NASA’s Kepler mission revealed thousands, with TESS now expanding the search. These discoveries confirm that planetary systems are abun...
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NASA Missions Uncover a Diverse Galaxy of Super-Earths, Raising New Questions About Planetary Evolution
Super-Earths are among the most common planets in the galaxy, yet none exist in our solar system. Larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, they range from ocean-covered worlds to scorched, atmosphere-less rocks. Some orbit within habitable zones, making them prime candidates for life. NASA’s Kepler and TESS missions, along with upcoming telesc...
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Doomed Exoplanet TOI-2109b Spirals Toward Its Star with Three Possible Fates
The gas giant TOI-2109b, over five times Jupiter’s mass, is spiraling closer to its star in a rare planetary death spiral. With a 16-hour orbit and blistering heat, the exoplanet could either plunge into its host star, be torn apart by tidal forces, or evolve into a rocky super-Earth through photoevaporation. NASA’s TESS and ESA’s Cheops data...
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Astronomers Discover "Water-Rich Super-Earth" Twice As Big As Our Planet
Scientists have discovered a new "super-Earth" that is located about 154 light-years away and is nearly twice as big and four times as massive as our planet.
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Two New Exoplanets Found Orbiting a Star in Draco Constellation
Astronomers have identified two exoplanets, TOI-1453 b and TOI-1453 c, orbiting a star 250 light-years away in Draco. The planets, a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune, were detected using NASA’s TESS satellite and the HARPS-N spectrograph. TOI-1453 b is a rocky planet orbiting close to its star, while TOI-1453 c is twice Earth’s size and may have a...
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NASA's TESS Discovers Fastest Disintegrating Planet Ever Seen: What You Need to Know
NASA’s TESS has observed the closest and fastest disintegrating planet, BD+05 4868 Ab, located 141 light-years away. The planet loses a moon’s mass every million years as it is bombarded by its host star. Scientists are examining its massive dust trails, offering rare insights into the composition of terrestrial exoplanets. Researchers from MIT...
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Tentative Evidence of Life Found On Faraway Planet, Says NASA
The space agency announced that its examination of the planet's atmospheric composition indicated the potential existence of an oceanic world.
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Elephants In Houston Zoo Take Daily Yoga Classes To Stay Healthy
A 40-year-old elephant named Tess can do a handstand, it can lift her 6,500-pound body on her front two legs.
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Fast X Part 2 Sets 2025 Release Window, Vin Diesel Confirms at CinemaCon
Fast X: Part 2 will release sometime in 2025, star Vin Diesel confirmed at CinemaCon. Louis Leterrier will return to direct the sequel, which marks a two-part finale to the long-running Fast & Furious saga. The cast of Fast X — releasing May 19 — also revealed an extended trailer to the CinemaCon attendees, which reportedly saw Brie Larson’s ...
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Fast X Trailer: Jason Momoa Leads an Explosive Revenge Against the Toretto Family
Universal Pictures dropped a new Fast X trailer in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. The film, slated to release on May 19, promises an explosive revenge arc against the Toretto family, led by Jason Momoa’s Dante Reyes. Brie Larson is another new addition to the franchise, starring as Tess, a rogue character who sides with Dom’s crew. Advance ...
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The Last of Us Trailer: Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey Struggle Through a Heartbreaking Apocalypse
HBO has released the first teaser trailer for The Last of Us TV series starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in the lead. Based on the 2013 critically-acclaimed video game, the story follows a hardened survivor Joel, who forms an unlikely bond with a teenage girl Ellie, during one of his delivery jobs. Anna Torv also makes an appearance as Tess in...
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Scientists Discover Possible "Ocean World" 100-Light Years Away From Earth
A team of researchers have recently discovered a planet about 100 light years away from Earth that they believe could be completely covered in water. According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the planet - called TOI-1452 b - is believed to be 70% larger than Earth and is located in a "Goldilocks zone," where temperature...
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Astronomers Spot Two Earth-Like Planets in a Nearby Multiplanet System
In a significant discovery, astronomers have spotted one of the closest known multiplanet systems located within our galactic neighbourhood. The system is about 10 parsecs or 33 light-years from Earth and was identified by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).
