Mysterious blasts of radio waves from across the universe called fast radio bursts help astronomers catalog matter. ESO/M. Kornmesser, CC BY-SA If you look across space with a telescope, you’ll see ...

Formation of planets is a chaotic process, usually. Gigantic clouds of dust and gas collapse under their own gravity, birthing a star. All the scrap material that doesn’t go into the star’s body ...

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When I go to the doctor, they measure how big I am. They use a scale to check my weight. They find my height with a measuring tape. But nobody can put a planet on a scale. Or wrap a measuring tape ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. If you look across space with a telescope, you'll see ...