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Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. It's about 11 times wider than Earth with an equatorial diameter of 88,846 ...

Marine phytoplankton — also known as ‘microalgae’ — live in the ocean (as the label “marine” suggests) and they generally die ...

While the discovery made by JWST is undeniably a “revolutionary moment” for us, it is not an Archimedes-type “eureka” moment.

Scientists know of over a dozen planets that orbit twin stars like the fictional "Star Wars" desert planet Tatooine. More ...

A new "Tatooine-like" planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday. Related ...