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For the photographers honored at the 2025 Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards, the universe is their muse. From our ...
The race to connect the world through satellite internet has created an unexpected casualty: our view of the cosmos. A new ...
The Milky Way is not just a band of stars stretching across the night sky; it's a massive, dynamic galaxy spanning over 200,000 light-years and containing hundreds of billions of stars, planets, and ...
From a silhouetted space station to glowing comet tails and swirling stars, this year's ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the ...
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What is Planck’s constant?
At incredibly small scales, the universe operates according to the unfamiliar rules of quantum mechanics. And Planck’s ...
Answers to those questions could come from a telescope with the world’s largest digital camera, a project with initial ...
It sold for more than the maximum estimated price of $4 million. On Wednesday (July 16), the largest Mars meteorite on Earth was auctioned off at Sotheby's in New York City for $4.3 million.
Women and ethnic minority groups are still significantly underrepresented in astronomy and geophysics despite attempts to ...
Behold! The 2025 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Awards shortlist has been released, showcasing a spectacular array of ...
Astronomers have detected the most massive black hole merger ever observed, challenging stellar evolution and black hole formation theories.
The mighty James Webb and Hubble space telescopes united to reveal stars being born inside the Small Magellanic Cloud, which ...
Could microbial life be drifting in the clouds of Venus? With unexplained signs of phosphine and ammonia scientists are developing a bold new space mission to find out. A UK-backed space mission may s ...