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In addition to helping the researchers nail down the nebula's ellipsoidal structure, the 3D model also confirmed that the ...

Six of our cosmic neighbors are expected to line up across the night sky tonight, in what has been dubbed a "planetary parade ...

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The star Vega has been known to us for years, but that doesn't mean it's short on surprises. Here's what astronomers found ...

Artist Ashley Zelinskie's new VR work is called "Twin Quasar." Two roads diverge between a pair of quasars, and I'm sorry I can't travel both — actually, wait, I can travel both.

NASA hopes to launch Pandora this coming fall, and the completion of the spacecraft bus is a big step toward making that a reality. According to Elisa Quintana of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, ...

Astrophysicists led by a team from Trinity College Dublin have—for the first time—imaged a large number of exocomet belts ...

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This colorful view of N79 centers on a star-forming molecular cloud complex in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

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