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Webb Telescope Unveils New Chemical Insights on Pluto's Moon Charon

What secrets can Pluto’s moon, Charon, reveal about the formation and evolution of planetary bodies throughout the solar system? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications hopes to address as an international team of researchers led by ...

Discovery of Barnard b: A New Exoplanet Orbiting Our Nearest Stellar Neighbor

How close are Earth-sized exoplanets to Earth? This is what a recent study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics hopes to address as a large international team of researchers have announced the discovery of Barnard b, which orbits Barnard’s star ...

Revisiting the Moon's Origin: A New Capture Theory

How did the Moon form? Was it from a collision, as has been the longstanding theory, or could it have been captured by the Earth early in our planet’s formation? This is what a recent study published in The Planetary Science Journal hopes to address as two researchers from Penn State investigated a new model ...

Earth Has a Temporary 'Mini-Moon'

As of last night, Earth has a mini-moon! According to NASA, a moon is simply a natural object that orbits a planet. Earth's new mini-moon is actually an asteroid that has been temporarily caught in the gravitational pull of our planet. That will hold for about two months before the asteroid, which is about ten meters (33 feet) wide, breaks away and moves off ...

From Lab to Cosmos: Rethinking Signs of Life on Other Planets

When it comes to searching for life beyond Earth, specifically on exoplanets or exomoons, are researchers searching for the correct biomarkers? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as an international team of researchers investigated how certain organic ...