Eureka! Planet Finder validates Neptune-sized exoplanet

The Habitable-zone Planet Finder has confirmed the existence of an exoplanet that is likely close in size to Neptune, only 100 light years from Earth.

Sam Sholtis-Penn State • futurity
Feb. 24, 2020 ~5 min

A year on this planet is just 18 hours. Will it soon die?

Exoplanet NGTS-10b is either "in the last stages of its life, or somehow it's able to live here longer than it should."

Peter Thorley-Warwick • futurity
Feb. 20, 2020 ~5 min


Starlight alone can tear asteroids into pieces

Like a real life version of the game Asteroids, the majority of stars will become so luminous that their light causes asteroids to break into smaller bits.

Peter Thorley-Warwick • futurity
Feb. 10, 2020 ~6 min

Stardust in meteorite is oldest solid stuff ever found on Earth

New research determines that stardust from the Murchison meteorite is the oldest solid material ever found on Earth.

Peter Rüegg-ETH Zurich • futurity
Jan. 15, 2020 ~4 min

Galactic collision helped shape the Milky Way 11.5B years ago

"This is the first time we have been able to determine when such a merger happened."

Jim Shelton-Yale • futurity
Jan. 14, 2020 ~3 min

Stars need a buddy to make gamma-ray bursts

To create gamma ray bursts, the universe's brightest explosions, stars need to be part of a binary system, researchers say.

Peter Thorley-Warwick • futurity
Jan. 13, 2020 ~5 min

NASA mission finds its first exoplanet that may be habitable

Thanks to NASA's TESS spacecraft, scientists have discovered two amazing new worlds: A potentially habitable exoplanet and one with two suns.

U. Chicago • futurity
Jan. 13, 2020 ~7 min

Do you see the ‘candy cane’ in the Milky Way?

A new composite image of the Milky Way appears to contain a cosmic candy cane.

Chanapa Tantibanchachai-Johns Hopkins • futurity
Dec. 19, 2019 ~4 min


Our planet is partly made of stardust from red giants

The Earth is partly made of stardust from red giant stars, aging stars that expand because they've run out of fuel in their core.

Barbara Vonarburg-ETH Zurich • futurity
Dec. 11, 2019 ~5 min

NASA’s Parker probe reveals new solar oddities

The first observations from NASA's Parker Solar Probe "will fundamentally change our understanding of the sun," researchers say.

Nicole Casal Moore-Michigan • futurity
Dec. 9, 2019 ~7 min

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