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infraredJWSTnoindex

JWST captures a protoplanet forming in real time inside a young star's disc. We are watching planetary birth as it happens.

Apr 08, 2026 3 min read Imbrium Editorial Team

JWSTL2Lagrange points

Five points in space where gravity balances perfectly. JWST orbits one. GPS uses another. Lagrange points quietly shape our exploration.

Apr 08, 2026 9 min read Imbrium Editorial Team

gamma-ray burstmagnetarmagnetic field

A dead star 50,000 light-years away shook Earth's magnetosphere in 0.2 seconds. Magnetars are the most magnetic objects in the universe.

Apr 08, 2026 8 min read Imbrium Editorial Team

black holesCarlo Rovelligeneral relativity

Run a black hole backward and physics says a white hole emerges. Carlo Rovelli argues they are real — and quantum gravity demands them.

Apr 08, 2026 8 min read Imbrium Editorial Team

goldkilonovaneutron stars

Every gold atom on Earth was forged when two neutron stars collided. The kilonova that made your ring happened before the Sun was born.

Apr 08, 2026 8 min read Imbrium Editorial Team

astrobiologyexistential riskFermi Paradox

If Mars once had life, it would be the worst news in human history. The Great Filter explains why — and why a dead Mars...

Apr 08, 2026 9 min read Imbrium Editorial Team

aurorasice giantJWST

JWST captured the first clear images of auroras on Uranus — glowing rings around a sideways magnetosphere unlike anything in our solar system.

Apr 08, 2026 4 min read Imbrium Editorial Team

carbondiamond planetexoplanet

A pulsar's gravity squeezes a companion into a lemon. Inside, carbon crystallises into diamond. The strangest planet ever found.

Apr 08, 2026 4 min read Imbrium Editorial Team

astrobiologyEuropaEuropa Clipper

Europa Clipper is hunting for an ocean hidden beneath 15 km of ice on Jupiter's moon. 49 flybys to find out if anything is swimming.

Apr 08, 2026 3 min read Imbrium Editorial Team

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