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If today's Universe were an adult human, at 380,000 years old it would be only a few hours old.
The blistering system could be traveling at just under the Milky Way's escape velocity.
Sulfur dioxide might explain the planet's fiery surface.
This galaxy has the most rings we've ever seen.
There seems to be much more we don't know about marsquakes and Martian geology.
Shrouded in haze and mystery, GJ 1214b has finally begun to reveal its secrets.
ESA and JAXA's BepiColombo mission recently completed its last flyby of Mercury, revealing stunning details about the planet's volcanic plains and icy craters.
This incredible image captures the ghost of a supernova 100 light-years across.
NASA has captured the holiday spirit in space with stunning images of NGC 602 and NGC 2264.
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a massive, dormant black hole from just 800 million years after the Big Bang.
Now scientists won't have to travel from one place to another to observe solar eclipses. They can create their own eclipses lasting for hours.
When Neil Armstrong first stepped onto the moon in 1969, his words, “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” rippled throughout humanity. Our species had arrived on another celestial body, marking one of our most outstanding achievements in history. Yet, despite the overwhelming evidence, some conspiracy theorists still doubt that man actually […]
Miranda, Uranus’s smallest moon, may be hiding an exciting secret.
A binary system of a red giant and white dwarf is creating a spectacular show in R Aquarii.
Galaxies grow up so quickly don't they?
Pluto's moon just keeps getting more and more interesting.
Mars' surface may hide evidence of volcanoes that are still active.
Talk about a giant in the universe.
The newly discovered object sure wants to get out of the galaxy quickly.
These asteroids are important for understanding the history of the solar system.
The Perseids (probably the most famous meteor shower) are peaking this week. But what do they look like?
Could pharmaceutical shelf lives be a setback for a trip to the Red Planet?
The more we look at them, the more intriguing they are.
Syntrichia caninervis has a real gift for bouncing back to life.
Apparently, the Great Red Spot we're seeing now is "very likely" not the same one Cassini saw.
It's one of the most Earth-like places in our solar system... except it's nothing like the Earth.
Baby stars circling the supermassive black hole Sgr A* at high speed resemble a bee swarm.
"I’d say that while an astronaut could make it to Mars they might need dialysis on the way back," researchers said.
This finding offers fresh insights into the formation and evolution of asteroids and other celestial bodies.
Gliese 12 b has been described as "the nearest, transiting, temperate, Earth-size world located to date".
If confirmed, this would be the first rainbow-type phenomenon observed outside of our solar system.
Artemis 3, the first mission to carry humans to the Moon in almost 50 years, could also help advance agriculture on the lunar surface.
Researchers are gaining new insights from protoplanetary disks.
The galaxy has several “layers” that astronomers have imaged using a phenomenon called gravitation lensing.
Hycean planets, or water worlds, are one of the most intriguing types of planets — if they turn out to be real.
The Clipper's metal plate is much like the Voyager golden records meant to introduce planet Earth and its Earthlings to alien civilizations.
Some stars start consuming parts of their solar systems. They're called "cannibal stars."
In the process of proving we could deflect asteroids we also learned quite a bit about them.
Oh, you thought the Sun was big? That's cute.
Mimas just became a much more interesting moon.
When the JWST was launched, we were promised amazing photos. Well, we got amazing photos.
Liquid water on ancient Mars seems to be essentially confirmed now.
Ocean world or lava world? We're not certain yet.
When you look at a lot of planets, you're bound to find some unusual ones — but this one is something else.
In the wise words of George Constanza, it's shrinkage.
Eye candy is just the first step.
It’s an important development in the search of life on the Red Planet
This marsquake opens up a can of tectonic worms.
This world is the most likely known candidate for being an ocean planet.
It's the first time something like this has been discovered.
