Hubble has revealed a giant planet-forming disk unlike anything astronomers have seen before. Nicknamed “Dracula’s Chivito,” the enormous structure appears turbulent and oddly lopsided, with towering ...

In honor of National Endangered Species Day, discover several important and fascinating species at risk of extinction.

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The Webb telescope has detected a dark, atmosphere-less rocky exoplanet that could shed light on how Earth-like worlds die.

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One night last fall, University of Cincinnati astrophysics graduate Paul Smith waited anxiously for data to start rolling ...

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