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Behold! The 2025 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Awards shortlist has been released, showcasing a spectacular array of ...
I/ATLAS might be over 7 billion years old, a new study reports, which would make it the oldest comet known. But experts caution we need more data.
These vast clusters stretch across space, reminding us that we’re part of a grand cosmic web. We are not separate from the ...
Astronomers have spotted a new interstellar object — the third of its kind ever seen — shooting towards us through the solar ...
Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...
The awe-inspiring distances of the cosmos are hard to visualise, so how can we be certain we are measuring them correctly?
The Andromeda Galaxy, our closest galactic neighbor, just 2.5 million light-years away, has long captivated astronomers with ...
A fascinating glimpse into how a solar system like our own is born has been revealed with the detection of planet-forming ...
Let’s learn about Capella. It is the fourth brightest star we can see in Ellensburg. It is the brightest northerly star. It ...
Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...
These things take millions of years to go from one stellar neighborhood to another, so this thing has likely been traveling ...
The VRO is a project jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of ...