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A new investigation into old Kepler data has revealed that a planetary system once thought to house zero planets actually has ...

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Mercury is the month's highlight, reaching greatest elongation July 4. Also on show in the Southern Hemisphere: Mars, Saturn, ...

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A mysterious new world has been spotted at the galaxy's edge, sparking excitement among astronomers, and its all thanks to a ...

A rare Jupiter-sized planet AT2021uey b was found 3,200 light-years away using microlensing, a method based on Einstein's Theory of Relativity that observes light bending.

Project Kuiper will deliver high-speed, low-latency internet to virtually any location on the planet, and we expect to begin delivering service to customers later this year. Our first-generation ...

I was looking forward to writing a tribute to clear summer skies and great summer stargazing in the Pacific Northwest.

No telescope has basked in the night sky quite like the enormous new Vera Rubin Observatory. Here's what it could reveal about the universe.

This repository contains a real-time, WebGL-powered visualization of the Thomas attractor, an intriguing model in chaotic dynamics and mathematical visualization. Perfect for creative coding ...

SNL writers Jimmy Fowlie and Ceara O'Sullivan revealed the origin of the popular sketch in a recent interview with Vanity Fair, explaining that it was inspired by a very off-key wedding tribute.