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Astronomers discover three planets orbiting younger Sun-like star
An international team of astronomers has discovered a trio of hot worlds larger than Earth orbiting…
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Astronomers captured rare images of a black hole shredding a star into spaghetti-like strands and devouring it
Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory observed a black hole sucking in a faraway star, s…
Susie Neilson
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An astronomer who said that a SpaceX rocket part will hit the moon now says the object most likely came from a Chinese spacecraft
Astronomer Bill Gray said he had evidence that the rocket part due to hit the moon in March is a Ch…
Kate Duffy
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SpaceX just launched 57 new Starlink satellites with sun visors to make them less bright. A scientist says that won't stop them from interfering with astronomy.
The skies could soon be crawling with tens of thousands of false stars. Making those satellites dim…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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7 astronomical events to look forward to in July 2024—Buck Moon, meteor showers and more!
July, being a monsoon-intense month for India, may not be the best time of the year for stargazing.…
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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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Nasa astronomers says signal coming from outside our galaxy is 'unexpected and as yet unexplained'
Astronomers who were looking into the creation of the universe detected an alternative signal using…
Polly Thompson
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A mysterious Jupiter-sized planet that shouldn't exist is as puffy as a marshmallow and astronomers finally think they know why
"Super puff" WASP 107b confused scientists for years. Now, two independent teams of astronomers thi…
Ellyn Lapointe
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Astronomers have discovered a bizarre-looking object that came from outside our solar system
Astronomers recently discovered a bizarre-looking object in our solar system that's unlike anything…
Gene Kim,Jessica Orwig
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Astronomers used JWST to finally solve a 37-year mystery over one of the brightest cosmic explosions ever seen in modern history
The James Webb Space Telescope has solved the mystery of what one of the brightest supernovae in hi…
Ellyn Lapointe
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Astronomers have found 'intriguing' shadows in new photos of alien solar systems
Ask an astronomer how planets form, and she'll say parts of a giant wheel of gas and dust around a …
Dave Mosher
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SpaceX's Starlink satellites are already messing with astronomical research but there are thousands more planned
"Move fast and break things might be workable when you're breaking a competitor's business model or…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Side-by-side photographic glass plates and James Webb images show how telescope technology has evolved since the 1800s
Before powerful space-based telescopes like Webb, astronomers used clear glass plates scattered wit…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Elon Musk's Starlink satellites photobombed Comet Neowise in a photographer's striking image
Starlink satellites interrupted a photo of Comet Neowise. Astronomers fear the same will happen to …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Astronomers discovered a 'spooky' spinning object in our galactic backyard, emitting some of the strongest radio beams in the sky
Radio telescopes are detecting more mysterious signals. They switch on and off and don't match any …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A pair of supermassive black holes are stuck in a collision between galaxies. Astronomers caught the chaos on camera.
"This galaxy is so complex that we could never know what is going on inside it without these detail…