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When too much material tries to come together, everything starts to spin and flatten out. You get an accretion disc. Astronomers find them around newly forming stars, supermassive black holes and many other places in the...

Since its discovery in 2005, exoplanet HD 189733b has been one of the most-observed planets orbiting another star, as its size, compact orbit, and proximity to Earth has made it a relatively easy target -- as extrasolar ...

It's a question we get all the time. Watch the sky closely in the dawn or dusk hours, and you'll likely see a moving "star" or two sliding by. These are satellites, or "artificial moons" placed in low Earth orbit. These ...