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• Super-Earth Discovered in Habitable Zone of Nearby Star GJ 887 Just 10.7 Light Years Away

  Published: May 1, 2026

  Section: Innovations in Space

  Astronomers from the RedDots collaboration have confirmed the discovery of a potentially habitable super-Earth, GJ 887 d, orbiting one of the solar system's closest neighbors. Loca...

• Carnegie Institution Astronomers Identify Naturally Occurring Plasma "Space Weather Stations" Around Young M Dwarf Stars

  Published: Mar 28, 2026

  Section: Innovations in Space

  A research team led by Luke Bouma has discovered that mysterious light fluctuations from young M dwarf stars are caused by massive rings of cool plasma trapped in magnetic fields....

• Extreme Stellar Evolution Observed in WOH G64 as Massive Star Rapidly Transitions from Red Supergiant to Yellow Hypergiant

  Published: Feb 28, 2026

  Section: Science & Tech

  Astronomers have documented an unprecedented shift in WOH G64, a massive star located 163,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The star underwent a rapid color and t...