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A brief roundup of the latest astronomy news<\/p>\n\n

New nearest exoplanet<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n
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A new planet has been detected around our nearest neighbouring star, Proxima Centauri, the third found so far. The planet is around a quarter of the mass of Earth, making it one of the lightest exoplanets ever discovered.<\/p>\n\n

Puffy planets lose atmosphere<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

Astronomers have observed at least two examples of mini-Neptunes having their puffy outer atmosphere stripped away by their star, transforming them into super-Earths. Astronomers suspected the evolution of the two classes of planets might be linked, but this is the first time a connection has been observed.<\/p>\n\n

Solar storm destroys 40 satellites<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

SpaceX suffered a mass loss of satellites during a launch on 3 February. The batch of 49 satellites was launched straight into a solar storm, which knocked out at least 40 of the satellites before they could reach a safe orbit. Most of the satellites have already re-entered Earth\u2019s atmosphere and burned up.<\/p>\n\n

Young cluster filled with dead galaxies <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n
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An ancient galactic \u2018city\u2019 has been found that contains lots of \u2018dead\u2019 galaxies, despite dating from a time when the cosmos was just two billion years old. If these desolate clusters are found to be common in the early Universe, it may trigger a rethinking of how galaxy clusters form.<\/p>\n\n

China cleans up dead satellite <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

In late January, China used a space debris mitigation satellite to move a defunct spacecraft 300km out of geostationary orbit. It\u2019s hoped that parking more satellites in these \u2018graveyard\u2019 orbits will help prevent collisions, slowing the spread of space junk.<\/p>\n\n

Life chemicals could form in space<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

One of the basic building blocks of life, peptides, could form on the surface of dust grains in space, according to a new study, which has worked out a potential chain of reactions that could create the chemicals. Peptides created in deep space could have then made their way to Earth, helping to kickstart life.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Photo: ILLUSTRATION ESO\/M. KORNMESSER,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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