{
  "id": 16625914,
  "title": "A Merger Solves a Puzzling Paradox in Orion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/a-merger-solves-a-puzzling-paradox-in-orion",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-26T16:18:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Universe Today",
    "slug": "universe-today",
    "url": "https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-merger-solves-a-puzzling-paradox-in-orion"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Some of the Hubble Space Telescope's earliest observations were of the Orion Nebula. Those images showed proplyds, and subsequent observations uncovered a paradox centered on them. Given their rate of mass loss, those disks should have been destroyed long ago. Why weren't they?",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}