Maxime Marquette
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A black hole is growing seven times faster than science predicted
Did you know that a supermassive black hole observed recently is growing at a rate that exceeds current theoretical models by a
James Webb detects an atmosphere on a lava-covered exoplanet
Did you know that the James Webb Space Telescope has just confirmed, for the very first time, the existence of an atmosphere
These exoplanets are Jupiter-sized but as light as cotton candy
Did you know that somewhere in our galaxy there are exoplanets as large as Jupiter whose mass amounts to only a tiny
How amateur volunteers discovered an icy, Earth-like exoplanet
Did you know that a new exoplanet was spotted thanks to amateur volunteers, without any professional astronomer initially noticing the signal? Named
A giant black hole is hiding just 1,926 light-years from Earth
Did you know that a particularly massive stellar black hole sits surprisingly close to our Solar System? Named Gaia BH3, this object
The giant black hole hiding in an almost empty galaxy that puzzles NASA
Did you know that the James Webb Space Telescope has just spotted one of the most puzzling objects ever observed in the
Why the UN is forecasting years of near-record heat through 2030
Did you know that the United Nations has just published a climate projection that upends the usual benchmarks for global warming? According
Mont Blanc's glaciers never this dry this early in July
According to several glaciologists present on the ground, the Mont Blanc massif has reportedly never shown, this early in July 2026, such
Parts of the Atacama Desert have never seen a drop of rain
When people think of the driest places on Earth, they naturally picture the Sahara or the polar regions. Yet the title of