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  • This Lava World Reflects 75% of Its Starlight

    This Lava World Reflects 75% of Its Starlight
    2026/11/02
    The scorching exoplanet TOI-561 b is challenging expectations about worlds beyond our solar system.

    Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have uncovered surprising clues about its atmosphere, where reflective mineral clouds may shield the planet from intense stellar radiation. With a surface of molten rock, this extreme world could reveal new insights into how atmospheres survive under the harshest conditions.

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    18 分
  • JWST Discovers a Dusty Quasar From the Universe’s First Billion Years

    JWST Discovers a Dusty Quasar From the Universe’s First Billion Years
    2026/11/02
    Less than a billion years after the Big Bang, a distant quasar was already hosting a black hole with the mass of 1.1 billion Suns.

    Using JWST and ALMA, astronomers are uncovering clues hidden behind thick clouds of cosmic dust, revealing powerful outflows and a galaxy forming stars at an extraordinary rate. What can this ancient cosmic powerhouse tell us about how supermassive black holes and galaxies evolved so early in the universe’s history?

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    41 分
  • How the Milky Way Was Built: Gaia Reveals Our Galaxy’s Ancient Past

    How the Milky Way Was Built: Gaia Reveals Our Galaxy’s Ancient Past
    2026/11/01
    New data from the Gaia mission is revealing how the Milky Way evolved from a thick, turbulent disk into the thin, flat galaxy we see today.

    Discover how stars preserve the history of our cosmic home and how a crucial turning point 10.85 billion years ago is reshaping our understanding of the galaxy’s origins.

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    39 分
  • Lumina: The Supercomputer Simulating the Birth of the Universe

    Lumina: The Supercomputer Simulating the Birth of the Universe
    2026/11/01
    A powerful new supercomputer simulation called Lumina is recreating the early universe on an unprecedented scale.

    Designed to help interpret observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, it offers new ways to investigate how galaxies emerged and the cosmic forces that shaped their evolution.

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    59 分
  • The Dragon Egg: A Mysterious Cosmic Object Could Reveal How Giant Stars Are Born

    The Dragon Egg: A Mysterious Cosmic Object Could Reveal How Giant Stars Are Born
    2026/10/31
    Astronomers using ALMA have discovered a mysterious object nicknamed the “Dragon Egg,” hidden inside a dark cosmic cloud 16,300 light-years away.

    This unusually dense core offers a rare glimpse into the earliest stages of massive star formation, raising new questions about how the universe’s most powerful stars are born.

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    33 分
  • Could a Black Hole Split in Two? The Physics of an Impossible Event

    Could a Black Hole Split in Two? The Physics of an Impossible Event
    2026/10/31
    Could a black hole ever split in two? New theoretical research suggests that rapidly spinning black holes may have a surprising loophole in the laws of thermodynamics.

    The calculations reveal an extraordinary possibility involving extreme rotation, unusual event horizon shapes, and the limits of our understanding of gravity. But could this strange mathematical scenario ever happen in the real universe?

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    43 分
  • Was Dark Energy Once Negative? The Cosmic Mystery Scientists Are Exploring

    Was Dark Energy Once Negative? The Cosmic Mystery Scientists Are Exploring
    2026/10/30
    What if dark energy has changed dramatically throughout the universe’s history? A new theoretical model based on teleparallel gravity suggests that dark energy may have shifted from negative to positive density billions of years ago.

    Could this unconventional idea offer fresh clues to the Hubble tension and challenge our understanding of cosmic expansion?

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    33 分
  • Are Mega-Earths Real? Scientists Discover a Possible Cosmic Illusion

    Are Mega-Earths Real? Scientists Discover a Possible Cosmic Illusion
    2026/10/30
    Are mega-Earths, massive rocky planets without thick gas envelopes, actually real?

    A new study suggests that stellar activity may be making some planets appear far heavier than they are. By analyzing 333 planets, researchers found that eight unusually dense worlds orbit magnetically active stars, raising questions about how reliably astronomers measure planetary masses. Could some of the universe’s strangest planets be measurement illusions?

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    36 分