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Scientists Knew What Would Eventually Destroy the Earth. Now, There’s Hope: A Tiny Dot Next to a White Dwarf Star

Space

If the Sun becomes a red giant, the future of humanity is sealed—or so the experts believed.

Next Week’s Annular Solar Eclipse Will Create a ‘Ring of Fire’ in the Sky

Space

This type of eclipse occurs when approaches the part of its orbit that is farthest from Earth.

Scientists Have Been Searching for Planet Nine for Years. More Than 3,000 New Simulations Suggest That It’s Not a Planet and Never Was

Space

We may not have found the solar system’s ninth planet because it doesn’t exist.

How to Watch Tuesday’s Rare Partial Lunar Eclipse

Space

The partial lunar eclipse will coincide with a Supermoon and the Harvest Moon, creating a celestial trifecta that experts say is “quite rare.”

As Soon as the James Webb Telescope Started Operating, It Seemed to 'Break' Cosmological Models. There’s Another Explanation

Space

The first galaxies in the universe seemed to be more massive than we expected.

Peanut-Shaped Asteroids Are Surprisingly Common in the Solar System. Astronomers Just Discovered One

Space

A few days ago, NASA released the first images of a newly discovered asteroid, 2024 JV33.

NASA Crashed Its DART Spacecraft Into an Asteroid as a Test. It May Have Accidentally Created the First Human-Made Meteor Shower

Space

A new meteor shower, the Dimorphids, could reach Earth in roughly 30 years.

There’s a 50% Chance That Our Galaxy Will Collide With Andromeda, But We're Dead No Matter What

Space

Astronomers were once sure of the Andromeda-Milky Way collision, but a new study cast doubt on that.

Astronomers Have Been Studying the Messier 87 Galaxy for 20 Years. Now, They've Confirmed That Its Supermassive Black Hole Is Spinning

Space

The researchers published their findings in Nature after more than 20 years of scientific data collected by the Event Horizon Telescope.

Shooting ‘Glitter’ Over the Martian Sky. This Is the Latest Idea From a Group of Scientists to Make the Red Planet Habitable

Space

Situations as complex as making the Red Planet habitable require extraordinary measures. This is undoubtedly one of them.

The Webb Telescope Has Successfully Penetrated the Nucleus of a Neighboring Galaxy, Which Is Home to a Fiercely Active Black Hole

Space

The James Webb Space Telescope has pierced through the cosmic dust of Messier 106, one of the most active nearby galaxies.

This Object Has Been Puzzling Astronomers. All They Know Is That It’s Traveling at 1.2 Million Mph Toward the Center of the Milky Way

Space

Researchers are working to understand what’s happening with the stellar body known as CWISE J1249+3621 and how it achieved such high speed.

The James Webb Space Telescope Discovers a Blue Planet With Various Problems. The Weirdest One: It Smells Like Rotten Eggs

Space

High temperatures of 1,600 degrees Fahrenheit and speeds of 5,000 mph make this the “hot Jupiter” nearest to Earth.

For the First Time in History, Astronomers Are Seeing a Black Hole Waking Up in Real-Time

Space

In December 2019, a previously unremarkable, distant galaxy began to glow brightly. Astronomers now understand why.

Scientists Have Been Trying to Understand This Star for 50 Years. The Webb Telescope Figured It Out Quickly: It Wasn’t a Star

Space

The James Webb Space Telescope has once again surprised astronomers with the depth of its observations.

A Red Supergiant and the Solstice Moon: The Two Biggest Night Sky Events for June

Space

Some of the night sky’s most prominent constellations appear in the summertime.

The End of the Universe: What Science Tells Us About the Inevitable Fate of the Cosmos

Research

Our universe has an expiration date. But how will it end?

The James Webb Telescope Just Opened a Window to a Key Moment in the History of the Universe: The Birth of the First Galaxies

Space

Three galaxies that formed less than 600 million years after the Big Bang tell the story of the first light of the cosmos.

A Comet Is Going to Execute a Once-in-a-Lifetime Magic Trick: It's Set to Happen Between Now and October

Space

With the naked eye, we should be able to see the C/2023 A3 comet as bright as ever.

How and When to See Comet A3 As It Passes By Earth (and Possibly Its Live Disintegration)

Space

Comet C/2023 A3 has spent tens of thousands of years traveling through the solar system.

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