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Six Young Red Dwarfs Show Signs of Swallowing Earth‑Sized Rocky Planets

Spectra from a large Gaia‑ESO survey point to recent accretion of lithium‑rich rocky material, a result that could mean some red‑dwarf systems lose Earth‑like worlds early in their lives.

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2mo ago

Gaia Finds Thousands of Solar Twins, Tying the Sun to a Mass Migration Across the Milky Way

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3mo ago

ESO/ALMA Unveil Largest, Sharpest Radio Map of the Milky Way’s Turbulent Core

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4mo ago

First All-Sky Census of Nearby K Dwarfs Flags 529 Prime Targets for Earth-Like Planet Searches

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4mo ago

Astronomers Make First Direct Mass Measurement of a Rogue Planet

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4mo ago

Saturn-Mass Rogue Planet Gets First Direct Mass and Distance Measurement

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6mo ago

UN Network Launches Global Campaign to Track Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Before Dec. 19 Flyby

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7mo ago

Hubble Captures Coma of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS as Experts Uphold Natural Origin

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10mo ago

Astronomers Launch Global Observations of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

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10mo ago

Global Telescopes Capture Active Coma of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

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10mo ago

Active Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Set for Safe Solar System Passage

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11mo ago

Milky Way’s Fate Hinges on 50-50 Odds of Andromeda Collision

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last yr.

Astronomers Confirm Nearby Binary White Dwarf System Destined for Type Ia Supernova

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last yr.

Astronomers Discover Heaviest Binary Star System Destined for Rare Supernova

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last yr.

Discovery of 'Plateau' Phase in Stars Redefines Stellar Age Estimation

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last yr.

ESA’s Gaia Spacecraft Officially Retired After Transforming Galactic Astronomy

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last yr.

ESA’s Gaia Spacecraft Officially Decommissioned After 12 Years of Milky Way Mapping

Galactic Studies

Six Young Red Dwarfs Show Signs of Swallowing Earth‑Sized Rocky Planets

Gaia Finds Thousands of Solar Twins, Tying the Sun to a Mass Migration Across the Milky Way

ESO/ALMA Unveil Largest, Sharpest Radio Map of the Milky Way’s Turbulent Core

First All-Sky Census of Nearby K Dwarfs Flags 529 Prime Targets for Earth-Like Planet Searches

Astronomers Make First Direct Mass Measurement of a Rogue Planet

Saturn-Mass Rogue Planet Gets First Direct Mass and Distance Measurement

UN Network Launches Global Campaign to Track Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Before Dec. 19 Flyby

Astronomers Unveil Largest Low-Frequency Radio Color Map of the Milky Way

TOI-2267 Becomes First Binary With Planets Transiting Each Star

Gaia DR3 Maps 35,000 Variable Stars Across 1,200 Milky Way Open Clusters

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Hubble Captures Coma of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS as Experts Uphold Natural Origin

Astronomers Launch Global Observations of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Global Telescopes Capture Active Coma of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Active Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Set for Safe Solar System Passage

Milky Way’s Fate Hinges on 50-50 Odds of Andromeda Collision

Astronomers Confirm Nearby Binary White Dwarf System Destined for Type Ia Supernova

Astronomers Discover Heaviest Binary Star System Destined for Rare Supernova

Discovery of 'Plateau' Phase in Stars Redefines Stellar Age Estimation

ESA’s Gaia Spacecraft Officially Retired After Transforming Galactic Astronomy

ESA’s Gaia Spacecraft Officially Decommissioned After 12 Years of Milky Way Mapping

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