Posted on April 11, 2025May 1, 2025Categories Science   Leave a comment on A star was wrongly accused of a cosmic crime: devouring its own planet

A star was wrongly accused of a cosmic crime: devouring its own planet

Here's who really dunnit. Two years ago, a star on its deathbed was charged with a heinous act — eating a planet — in a system 12,000 light-years away from Earth. But new evidence has emerged in the case that astronomers say exonerates this elderly Milky Way star of …

Posted on April 11, 2025May 1, 2025Categories Science   Leave a comment on At the site of the dinosaur-killing crater, scientists find a surprise

At the site of the dinosaur-killing crater, scientists find a surprise

Asteroids aren't all bad. When colossal asteroids rock Earth, it’s not all doom and gloom. The menacing asteroid that wiped out non-avian dinosaurs left a colossal marine crater in what’s now the Yucatan Peninsula. But after analyzing deeply drilled rock core from the impact site created …