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The James Webb Space Telescope: What It's Seeing and Why It Matters
In July 2022, a golden-eyed giant began peering into the cosmos, and the universe suddenly looked a lot older, more mysterious, and more...


The Goldilocks Zone: How Scientists Find Habitable Planets
Introduction: The Cosmic Search for "Just Right" In the vast expanse of the universe, among trillions of stars and planets, astronomers...


The Big Bang: What Really Happened in the First Second?
That might sound like a line from a science fiction film, but it’s actually the best way we can describe the beginning of the universe as...


Why Jupiter Is the Solar System’s Unsung Hero
It didn’t save the Earth in a Marvel movie—but it just might have in real life. When we look up at the night sky, we’re often drawn to...
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