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Jan 20, 2025 · One of these exoplanets, HD 20794d, is likely to be a rocky planet in the habitable zone of its parent star, the G-dwarf HD 20794. This image shows the habitable zone around HD 20794 (green) and the trajectory of the three planets in the system.

Oct 16, 2024 · 2024 PT5 was discovered on August 7, 2024 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System in Sutherland, South Africa.. This near-Earth asteroid is around 10 m (33 feet) across and follows a path that resembles that of 2022 NX1. 2024 PT5 became a mini-moon of Earth on September 29 and will return to a heliocentric path 56.6 days later, on November 25.

Nov 13, 2024 · Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered three ultra-massive galaxies -- nearly as massive as our own Milky Way Galaxy -- already in place within the first billion years after the Big Bang.

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In a study published in the journal Nature Geoscience, planetary researchers used high-resolution images and compositional data captured by orbiters to understand the geology of thousands of kilometer-scale mounds in the lowlands north and west of Mawrth Vallis.

Jan 14, 2025 · Written in Greek, this papyrus is a memorandum for a judicial hearing before a Roman official in the province of Judea or Arabia in the reign of the Roman emperor Hadrian, after his visit to the region in 129/130 CE and before the outbreak of the Bar Kokhba Revolt in 132.