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ExoplanetsThe James Webb telescope reveals a fresh enigma: A scorching ‘hell planet’ possessing an atmosphere that ought not to exist
Astronomy’What on Earth is this?’ The James Webb telescope identifies an unexplainable planet featuring diamonds and soot in its atmosphere
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AstronomyAn immense ‘metal cloud’ within a nearby star system might be concealing a hidden sun
Black HolesSome celestial objects once assumed to be planets could in fact be small black holes dating back to the beginning of time
PlanetsUranus and Neptune might be ‘rock giants’ as opposed to ‘ice giants,’ according to an updated model of their cores
AstronomyJames Webb telescope discovers peculiar ‘platypus galaxies’ which may pose a challenge to current comprehension of galaxy development
Astronomy’One of those unusual ‘wow’ moments’: A zombie star situated near Earth features a rainbow-like shockwave that ‘shouldn’t exist’
MarsAn odd-looking stone located on Mars seems completely foreign to the Red Planet, states the Perseverance rover
AstronomyJWST discovers a planet chasing after its own atmosphere as it travels through space
AstronomyThe Hubble telescope has detected ‘Cloud-9,’ an obscure and extraordinary ‘failed galaxy,’ unlike anything that’s been observed previously
AstronomyAn immense cosmic ‘sandwich’ represents the largest planet-forming disk ever documented — Space image of the week
Cosmology’How can any of this be possible?’: Scientists discover an enormous cluster of ancient galaxies that are so hot, they should be nonexistent
SpaceBrand new images hint at an interstellar comet, 3I/ATLAS, erupting through ‘ice volcanoes’