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India is giving Bengali, Sanskrit names to a lonely exoplanet and its star
Users in India can vote for their favorite choice. The star HD86081 — which is a lot like Earth’…
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Second mysterious interstellar space object to fly through our solar system has an official name
Now it officially has a name — 2I/Borisov. The 2I represents that it’s the second interstellar…
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Here's why some scientists think Pluto should still be a planet
Narrator: And while these new worlds looked and behaved like Pluto, they were completely different …
Gina Echevarria,Shira Polan
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Pluto was discovered 90 years ago this week. Controversy about its identity rages on.
When he discovered Pluto, Planet X became real - for a time. But in 2003, a world larger than Pluto…
Holly Secon
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A 'fake moon' has been following Earth around the sun since 100 BC, and astronomers just noticed
Asteroid 2023 FW13 appears to be orbiting Earth at first glance, but it turns out that's just a coi…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A manmade object now outshines nearly every star in the night sky and that could be a problem, astronomers say
An astronomer told Nature that if more companies were to launch groups of large satellites, "then t…
Kai Xiang Teo
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Trump's NASA chief, who has no scientific background, said Pluto is a planet
While NASA administrators are usually appointed from within the ranks of the agency or have substan…
Tom Porter,Tom Porter
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A communications satellite the size of an apartment is so bright it can outshine stars, and astronomers are worried it could interfere with their research
AST SpaceMobile's BlueWalker 3 can shine as bright as the 16th brightest star in the night sky. Hun…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Elon Musk's SpaceX was the satellite villain of the skies. It's taking a 'money hit' to try and fix the problem.
SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites brighten the night sky enough to interfere with scientific re…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A newly discovered space object called 'Farfarout' is the most distant thing in our solar system
It takes Farfarout 1,000 years to orbit the sun. Distant objects like this could help astronomers i…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Astronomers photographed a possible 'mini-moon' orbiting Earth - though it might just be space debris
Astronomers were able to create the composite photograph of the mini-moon above - which shows it as…
Holly Secon
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Scientists Have Detected A New Stellar Explosion That Might Be A Supernova
Only stars with a mass between 8 to 50 times greater than our sun produce Type II supernovae. It ha…
Jessica Orwig
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Pluto became a dwarf planet 9 years ago today - but that's 'bulls---,' according to a leading NASA scientist
The problem, Stern said, is that the reclassification largely stemmed from the opinions of astronom…
Kelly Dickerson
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NASA's Hubble space telescope just took incredible photos of a visiting comet from another star system
"New comets are always unpredictable," Max Mutchler, another member of the Hubble team, said in the…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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An Exploding Star Just Appeared In A Galaxy Right Near Us
The supernova is too faint to see right now, but will continuing brightening over the next two week…
Dina Spector
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Scientists just found a dozen new moons around Jupiter - including one they're calling an 'oddball'
The team that discovered the moons was searching for a hypothetical massive planet that might exist…
Kevin Loria
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Astronomers may have seen the first 'alien' space rock from beyond our solar system - but some have doubts
The main question is whether A/2017 U1 has an orbit that's elliptical (oval-shaped and around the s…