A small international team of astronomers has confirmed that a binary star system with an odd signal has a companion—a planet roughly twice the size of Jupiter, which may have emerged from a circumbinary orbit or from a second-generation protoplanetary disk.
Odd binary star system has a huge planetary companion
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The European Union has just imposed a new package of sanctions against Russia—now the seventeenth. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the U.S. and EU had already imposed extensive economic sanctions, combined with [...]
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Veterans across the United States will gather on June 6, 2025, to protest the Trump administration’s cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as the slashing of staff and programs throughout the government. [...]
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Community policies, such as those for zoning or parking, are typically made at the top, which can leave community members feeling frustrated or left out of the process. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of [...]
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During his first few months in office, President Donald Trump has been establishing a framework for deporting undocumented immigrants en masse. It’s something he has previously vowed will be “the largest deportation operation in the [...]
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A major Australian study tracking more than 80,000 Queenslanders from birth to adulthood reveals stark differences between men and women in patterns of criminal behavior.This post was originally published on this site
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Drones have become a game-changer in the Russia-Ukraine War—so much so that they could potentially transform Ukraine into a defense powerhouse in Europe, according to one Northeastern University observer.This post was originally published on this [...]
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Complaint lines such as New York City’s 311 let people report quality-of-life problems in their building or neighborhood, from excessive noise to illegal parking. But resident-generated data typically suffers from reporting bias, with some neighborhoods [...]
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On the campaign trail last year, then-candidate Donald Trump proposed handing US residency cards automatically to international students when they earn diplomas, bemoaning that they were leaving to form successful companies in China and India.This [...]
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An intense argument is raging over whether what has been happening in Gaza since October 2023 is an act of genocide. It is the subject of a case being heard in the International Court of [...]
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In February 2025, the New Republic reported there were a growing number of Americans who wanted to leave the country following the election of Donald Trump.This post was originally published on this site
