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This giant telescope has split the astronomy community in two
The 14,000-foot summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the chosen home for what will be the world's large…
Kelly Dickerson
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An asteroid was supposed to hit Earth in September — but astronomers can’t seem to find it
An asteroid which was expected to hit the Earth on 9 September 2019 might, not be on its way to E…
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NASA's Webb Space Telescope discovered 3 rare galaxies that can help astronomers study the cosmic dark ages
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope spotted three galaxies forming when the universe was about only 4…
Lloyd Lee,Jessica Orwig
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5 ways the world's most controversial telescope could revolutionize astronomy
Once the hot soup of particles generated by the big bang started to cool, they clustered into atoms…
Kelly Dickerson
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The two halves of Hubble’s $10 billion successor have finally come together after 12 years of waiting
The two halves of the next-generation space telescope have come together for the first time ev…
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Pune telescope detected an explosion five times bigger than the Big Bang 390 million light years from Earth
The other telescopes used for the discovery included NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, Euro…
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This giant telescope may taint sacred land. Here's why we should build it anyway.
Foreign meddling and exploitation in Hawaii started when European explorer Captain Cook landed at t…
Kelly Dickerson
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A supernova that exploded in a nearby galaxy is one of the brightest in a decade. Here's how to see it.
The supernova, named SN 2023ixf, is located 21 million light-years away. It should remain visible w…
Marianne Guenot
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New James Webb Space Telescope image shows 45,000 galaxies in unprecedented detail
The James Webb Space Telescope turned its sights on a special region in space, where it has reveale…
Jessica Orwig
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Watch NASA launch its $10 billion, game-changing James Webb Space Telescope on Christmas morning
Webb could revolutionize astronomy by spotting the universe's first galaxies. But the telescope has…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A telescope submerged nearly a mile underwater in the world's deepest lake is hunting for ghostly particles from space
A telescope underwater in Russia's Lake Baikal is looking for neutrinos - particles that can pass t…
Aylin Woodward
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A video shows the 'violent' collapse of the iconic Arecibo telescope. It sounded like an avalanche, a staff scientist said.
Puerto Rico's iconic Arecibo radio telescope collapsed on Tuesday. Videos show its 900-ton platform…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Aylin W…
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NASA is developing plans to build an enormous, Arecibo-like telescope inside a crater on the moon
NASA researchers are plotting out how robots could build a radio telescope inside a moon crater. It…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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In a single work week, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope broke the record for the oldest galaxy ever observed
Webb allowed astronomers to see the oldest and most distant galaxy ever spotted. Scientists believe…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Astronomers plan to film the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy as it gobbles up stars and planets. The video could open a 'new field' of science.
"We can see the black hole evolve in real time," Shep Doeleman, an astronomer who leads the global …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Alphabet slides 9% after a report the tech titan's ad for its new Google AI chatbot Bard had inaccurate information
Reuters reported a Google ad for its AI Bard chatbot service had an inaccurate answer about NASA's …
Carla Mozée
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NASA launches its long-awaited $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope, kicking off a cosmic revolution
NASA's biggest space telescope has faced about a decade of delays and budget cuts. It finally screa…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Here's how astronomers think they can prove that the new planet 9 on the edge of our solar system exists
Sadly, Brown and Batygin don't think the planet is currently in the part of its orbit that would br…
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…