Stars and planets are naturally associated with one another. While some planets have gone rogue and are drifting through space, the vast majority are in solar systems, where they’re gravitationally bound and orbit their stars in predictable ways. But some planets stray too close to their stars, with dire consequences. These exoplanets have something to teach us about the exoplanet population.
A star is dissolving its baby planet
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Optimism that AI will make human jobs easier is lowest in the developed world, especially in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Australia.This post was originally published on this site
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Tariffs—taxes placed on imported goods—are one of the oldest tools in the United States’ economic policy arsenal, dating back to the 18th century. Recently they’ve returned to the spotlight in a big way. From steel [...]
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After Brexit, London slowed down investments in Europe. While Europe continues to focus on the United Kingdom. A recent study in Research Policy, co-authored by Vincenzo Butticè, Annalisa Croce and Andrea Odille Bosio from the [...]
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Billionaires, oligarchs, and other members of the uber-rich, known as “elites,” are notorious for the use of offshore financial systems to conceal their assets and mask their identities. Understanding the transnational offshore finance networks that [...]
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Immigrants in the United States earn 10.6% less than similarly educated U.S.-born workers, largely because they are concentrated in lower-paying industries, occupations and companies, according to a major new study published in Nature, co-authored by [...]
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Taliban leaders have chosen to maintain a delicate balancing act in their relationships with other local violent jihadi groups since taking power in Afghanistan, new research shows.This post was originally published on this site
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We’re just a few months into US president Donald Trump’s second term but his rule has already been repeatedly compared to tyranny.This post was originally published on this site
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The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to the far-reaching social implications of emerging infectious diseases, bringing to mind similarly impactful events like the Black Plague in early modern Europe or the Spanish Flu after World [...]
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Many former leaders of the world’s nine nuclear-armed nations were impaired by health conditions while in office, raising concerns over their decision-making abilities while they had access to nuclear weapon launch codes, a study from [...]
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As gun sales in the United States continue to soar, researchers at Georgia State University have uncovered insights into what drives Americans to buy firearms. A new study published in PNAS Nexus journal reveals the [...]
