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Astronomers Think They’ve Spotted A Moon Forming Around An Exoplanet
Scientists have detected a signal around an exoplanet that might be the signature of a circumplanetary disk — a disk of debris that could one day form into exomoons.
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Astronomers Have Captured First Direct Evidence Of An Exoplanet Being Born
At this point, we’ve spotted several thousand exoplanets – there’s nothing super exciting any more about finding a distant star with several worlds orbiting it. But today, scientists are announcing that they have seen an exoplanet in the middle of forming.
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Astronomers Think They Discovered The Missing Link In Black Hole Evolution
Science fiction doesn’t exist to make movies about the stuff we know about — it explores the unknown physics, astronomy, biology and chemistry where real uncertainty about topics can lead to compelling, believable stories. That’s what makes black holes such a popular subject; light can’t escape them, maybe they’re portals across space and time, and…
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This Image Captures A Black Hole In Rare Feeding Frenzy
One of the most incredible things about black holes is how much bigger they are than almost anything else out there. Now, a new image taken at the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimeter Array (ALMA) Observatory shows that we’ve been totally wrong about how they manage to grow so large.