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Sculptor galaxy image provides brilliant details that will help astronomers study how stars form
The Sculptor galaxy is a treasure trove of information that astronomers around the world cannot wait to pick apart.
ERIS spots spiral disc around young star | Space photo of the day for July 31, 2025
A possible planet may be carving the disc around the young star
New world record! Weather satellites detect 515-mile-long lightning flash
Meet the astonishing phenomenon of megaflash lightning.
What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2025
Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2025.
JWST sees beauty in the death of a star, offers a preview of what's in store for our sun
The James Webb Space Telescope's investigations of the planetary nebula NGC 6072 suggest a second star played a hand in sculpting the death of the primary star.
Good news for Mars settlers? Red Planet glaciers are mostly pure water ice, study suggests
Martian glaciers are mostly pure ice across the Red Planet, suggesting they might potentially be useful resources for any explorers that might land there one day, a new study finds.
James Webb Space Telescope finds giant, lonely exoplanets can build their own planetary friends without a parent star
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have made the shock discovery that giant rogue exoplanets can grow their own planetary systems without needing a parent star.
Hubble Space Telescope spots rogue planet with a little help from Einstein: 'It was a lucky break'
"This discovery was partly serendipity! But, we believe there are many more such opportunities hidden in Hubble data."
Biggest cosmic explosion on record since the Big Bang is revealing the secrets of gamma-ray bursts
The BOAT is the ruler of all gamma-ray bursts, releasing as much energy in seconds as the sun will in 10 billion years — and it could be revealing the secrets of these extreme cosmic blasts.
Here we go again! Controversial paper questions whether interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is 'possibly hostile' alien tech in disguise
A controversial new paper questions whether the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is a potentially dangerous alien probe, similar to claims made about 'Oumuamua. But experts have called it "nonsense".
