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JWST Finds Atmosphere on White‑Dwarf Planet and Signs It Migrated In Late

The Nature paper says the planet’s warm methane‑rich atmosphere and cooling history point to dynamical inward migration billions of years after the star died, with more JWST transits planned to confirm the scenario.

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X‑Ray Echoes Push Two Outer Milky Way Arms About 10% Farther Out

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U.S. Robot Mission Readies to Boost Aging Swift Space Telescope

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Distant Lensed Starburst Identified as Leading Candidate for 2021 IceCube Neutrino

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Astronomers Identify White Dwarf Binary as Source of Long‑Period Radio Transient

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Fermi Detects Gamma Rays From Superluminous Supernova SN 2017egm

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NASA’s Psyche Skims Mars for Gravity Assist on Course to Metal-Rich Asteroid

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Hubble Marks 36 Years With Sharper Trifid Nebula Portrait That Shows Change

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Comet Pan‑STARRS Reaches Perihelion Sunday, Closing a Brief Pre‑Dawn Viewing Window

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Two-Component Dark Matter Model Offers New Explanation for Milky Way Gamma-Ray Excess

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Study Points to Tight Supermassive Black Hole Binary in Markarian 501

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XRISM Confirms White Dwarf Powers Gamma Cassiopeiae’s Extreme X-Rays

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Hubble Maps 25 Years of Expansion in the Crab Nebula

Cosmic Phenomena

JWST Finds Atmosphere on White‑Dwarf Planet and Signs It Migrated In Late

X‑Ray Echoes Push Two Outer Milky Way Arms About 10% Farther Out

U.S. Robot Mission Readies to Boost Aging Swift Space Telescope

Distant Lensed Starburst Identified as Leading Candidate for 2021 IceCube Neutrino

Chandra Sees Unexpected X‑Ray Flickering From Supernova Remnants in M83

Study Reaffirms Cosmic Acceleration After Rebutting 2025 Deceleration Claim

JWST and ALMA Image Supernova-Driven Wind Stripping Gas From a z≈5.3 Galaxy

Gemini Image Shows Nine‑Year Binary Sculpting the Crystal Ball Nebula

SETI Radio Search Finds No Alien Technology on Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Scientists Detect Wind From Milky Way’s Central Black Hole

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Juno Finds Foreshock Structures Accelerate Electrons to Near‑Light Speed

Astronomers Identify White Dwarf Binary as Source of Long‑Period Radio Transient

Fermi Detects Gamma Rays From Superluminous Supernova SN 2017egm

NASA’s Psyche Skims Mars for Gravity Assist on Course to Metal-Rich Asteroid

Hubble Marks 36 Years With Sharper Trifid Nebula Portrait That Shows Change

Comet Pan‑STARRS Reaches Perihelion Sunday, Closing a Brief Pre‑Dawn Viewing Window

Two-Component Dark Matter Model Offers New Explanation for Milky Way Gamma-Ray Excess

Study Points to Tight Supermassive Black Hole Binary in Markarian 501

XRISM Confirms White Dwarf Powers Gamma Cassiopeiae’s Extreme X-Rays

Hubble Maps 25 Years of Expansion in the Crab Nebula

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