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How Planetary Collisions Work and Why They Matter
When two planets slam into each other, the results can reshape entire solar systems. Scientists now understand how these cataclysmic events work — and...
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When two planets slam into each other, the results can reshape entire solar systems. Scientists now understand how these cataclysmic events work — and...
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For the first time, scientists have confirmed that a neutron star and a black hole spiraled into each other on an elliptical — not circular — orbit, o...
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The Moon looks bone-dry, yet billions of years of comet impacts and solar chemistry have deposited water ice inside permanently shadowed polar craters...
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Gravitational wave detectors like LIGO use laser beams split across 4-kilometer tunnels to sense ripples in spacetime a thousand times smaller than an...
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Magnetars are a rare type of neutron star with magnetic fields a trillion times stronger than Earth's — capable of releasing more energy in a fraction...
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Interstellar comets are icy visitors from other star systems that pass through our solar system on hyperbolic trajectories. Only three have ever been...
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When two neutron stars collide, they unleash one of the universe's most violent events — a kilonova that forges gold, platinum, and other heavy elemen...
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Gaganyaan is India's ambitious crewed space mission, designed to carry three astronauts to low Earth orbit and return them safely — making India only...
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Scientists have discovered that the Sun's interior leaves measurable structural "fingerprints" between solar cycles — a breakthrough that could dramat...
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Since 2024, the James Webb Space Telescope has detected hundreds of mysterious compact red objects in the early universe. Scientists are debating whet...
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Ancient DNA extracted from bones, teeth, and even permafrost sediments is rewriting human prehistory, revealing lost species, and opening unexpected d...
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Superconductors carry electricity with zero resistance, enabling MRI scanners, maglev trains, and particle accelerators. Here is how they work and why...
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