Steven Strogatz and Janna Levin return for a new season on major scientific and mathematical questions of our time, with 12 ...

Astronomers have been looking for exoplanets orbiting Barnard's Star, the nearest solitary star to Earth at just 5.96 ...

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A new study presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes -- planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of Earth and among the most common in our galaxy. Using ...

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Physicists have proposed a radical approach that questions decades of belief about how gravity, spacetime, and quantum ...

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