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In a recent cosmic event that sounds more like science fiction than reality, astronomers reported the sighting of two ice giant exoplanets (planets outside our solar system) crashing into each other around a star similar to our sun.

2025年1月28日 · An artist’s impression of a Super-Earth. If water exists on HD 20794 d, its elliptical orbit would cause it to transition from a frozen state to a liquid state each orbit.Credit: Dotted Yeti via Shutterstock / HDR tune by Universal-Sci

2024年11月9日 · In the past few decades, there has been an explosion in the number of extra-solar planets that have been discovered. As of April 1st, 2018, a total of 3,758 exoplanets have been confirmed in 2,808 systems, with 627 systems having more than one planet.

2025年1月24日 · A Universe in a Grapefruit. It might sound astonishing, but the visible universe—now so big that its farthest galaxies lie more than 13 billion light-years away—was once packed into a volume roughly the size of a grapefruit. At the very beginning, all matter and energy were crammed together, resulting in extremely high temperatures and densities.

2021年8月14日 · We’ve known for some time now our universe is expanding, and in recent years discovered this was happening considerably faster than we’d expected. Yet despite momentous innovations in telescope and satellite technology, it’s thought much of what’s out there in the cosmos lies beyond our line of sight — beyond the “observable universe”, as it’s called.

2023年8月9日 · Mars' heart, another mystery. The same tech, RISE, has given hints about Mars' heart, its core. It seems the core is pretty large, roughly half the size of the whole planet! Plus, it's not a perfect ball; it has an odd shape that scientists are trying to understand better. As per usual with these types of discoveries, the curtain rises on …

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2024年8月29日 · Scientists have finally unraveled the mystery behind ants' global dominance. A groundbreaking study reveals their journey alongside flowering plants, forming a mutual bond that shaped ecosystems for over 100 million years.

2024年8月29日 · Research suggests that, if all Americans over 40 matched the physical activity levels of the top 25%, they could live 5 years longer on average, while the least active 25% could gain nearly 11 years with equivalent effort.