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Proxima Centauri produces massive solar flare

In a matter of seconds, the star became no less than 14,000 times brighter...

Twelve new Einstein crosses found by the Gaia Space Telescope

An AI has discovered twelve new Einstein crosses in the observation data of the...

Glycine detected on Venus

A team of scientists have recently reported the discovery of glycine — an essential...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe reveals Bennu’s secrets

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe continues on a mission to unravel mysteries and help tell the...

There is more gold in the universe than colliding neutron stars can make

The Big Bang produced a number of elements: all the hydrogen found in the...

The mystery of dark matter

85 percent of the universe is made up of matter that we can’t see....

Astronomers find no sign of aliens around these 10 million stars

An Australian telescope has scanned part of the sky for very low frequency extraterrestrial...

ALMA discovers a never-before-seen star system cancer: what diet during treatment?

Astronomers have identified an early three-star system literally tearing its protoplanetary disc to shreds,...

How long does a galactic year last?

At our level, the Sun takes between 225 and 250 million Earth years to...

Solar flares could destroy modern tech

Books and paper maps will be the only resources available if there is a...