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Mercury is the month's highlight, reaching greatest elongation July 4. Also on show in the Southern Hemisphere: Mars, Saturn, ...
No telescope has basked in the night sky quite like the enormous new Vera Rubin Observatory. Here's what it could reveal ...
I was looking forward to writing a tribute to clear summer skies and great summer stargazing in the Pacific Northwest.
A mysterious new world has been spotted at the galaxy's edge, sparking excitement among astronomers, and its all thanks to a ...
Yale astronomers may have discovered the origin story for one of the universe's most dazzling phenomena—the double hot ...
"We show how planets in binary systems can undergo a mirrored migration process, so that both stars end up with hot Jupiters.
A new investigation into old Kepler data has revealed that a planetary system once thought to house zero planets actually has ...
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...
As fascinating as bizarre signals from other planets can be—teaching us about earthquakes on Mars or auroras in the skies of Jupiter —sometimes even weirder signals come from weather extremes ...
In 2024 alone, there were 261 space launch attempts globally, signaling increased traffic in Earth's orbit and growing congestion in space. (AI-generated image) ...
Courtroom sketch artist Christine Cornell opened up about her experience at Diddy's trial, sharing Janice Combs' reaction to her son's drawings ...
Shirley Bassey breaks record for jewellery auction Roald Dahl 'wiped out' by Wales The sketches are part of a collection estimated to sell for between £20,000 and £30,000.