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ALMA and the VLA observed more than 300 protostars and their young protoplanetary disks in Orion. This image shows a subset of stars, including a few binaries. The ALMA and VLA data compliment each other: ALMA sees the outer disk structure (visualized in blue), and the VLA observes the inner disks and star cores (orange).

Planet with 18-Hour Year Is on the Edge of Destruction

ALPHA collaboration at CERN reports first measurements of certain quantum effects in antimatter

The JunoCam imager aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this image of Jupiter's southern equatorial region on Sept. 1, 2017. The image is oriented so Jupiter's poles (not visible) run left-to-right of frame.

Artist's illustration of what the exoplanet TOI 700 d might look like.

MIT researchers have devised a framework for deciding which type of mission would be most successful in deflecting an incoming asteroid, taking into account an asteroid’s mass and momentum, its proximity to a gravitational keyhole, and the amount of warning time that scientists have of an impending collision.

Artist’s impression of one of the two stars in the FU Orionis binary system, surrounded by an accreting disk of material. What has caused this star — and others like it — to dramatically brighten?

Artist impression of a red-dwarf star’s magnetic interaction with its exoplanet.

Optical image of Titan taken by NASA Cassini spacecraft.

Citizen Scientists Discover Rare Cosmic Pairing