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Lasers target the Tarantula Nebula with 'artificial stars' | Space photo of the day for Nov. 19, 2025
The Very Large Telescope's interferometer targeted four lasers toward the Tarantula Nebula to create an artificial star.
Scientists just discovered a new crater on the moon — they call it a 'freckle'
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera has identified a never-before-seen crater on the moon's surface.
The Euclid space telescope observed 1.2 million galaxies in just 1 year. Here's what we've learned
The data is starting to reveal how galaxies and their black holes evolve.
Walk through the asteroid strike that killed the dinosaurs with American Museum of Natural History's new 'Impact' exhibit
"It sounds like science fiction or the stuff of Hollywood movies."
The James Webb Space Telescope may have finally found the 1st stars in the universe
"We really needed the sensitivity of JWST. We also needed the 100 times magnification from gravitational lensing from a galaxy cluster between us and LAP1-B."
Do the cores of dead stars exist forever?
Regular stars collapse and die once they run out of fuel for their nuclear reactions, but the white dwarfs just sit there, hanging out, for eternity.
Huge red giant star has newfound companion — and it may be a bad neighbor
"Throwing a close companion into the mix could possibly wreak further havoc on the already complicated processes surrounding these stars."
Galaxy quest: A galaxy-themed trivia quiz
Dive into the dazzling depths of the universe with this galaxy-themed trivia quiz that spans cosmic facts, mysterious phenomena, and the wild wonders of deep space.
