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When worlds collide…suns act squirrely. Astronomers have witnessed a rare and violent cosmic crash between two planets, and ...
Over 4 billion years ago, as planets were coalescing around the newborn Sun, our star may have gone on an epic road trip across the Milky Way along with thousands of stellar "twins." And we may owe ...
The comet formed in a cold and distant part of the early Milky Way up to 12 billion years ago, putting it just under 2 ...
Astronomers have caught what may be a rare cosmic catastrophe unfolding 11,000 light-years away. A seemingly ordinary sun-like star suddenly began flickering wildly, puzzling scientists until they ...
I/ATLAS is still in our solar system, but now we have a photo that was taken four months ago. The JUICE probe took the image in November last year, but ESA received it only in February. This was ...
They were too big and too far away to exist by the rules. Now, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has finally cracked the chemical code of these distant ...
A US Senate committee has directed NASA to begin work on a moon base "as soon as is practicable." Under legislation advanced by the Senate lawmakers, the outpost would serve as a science laboratory ...
Our Sun is actually a cosmic refugee. Around 4.6 billion years ago, it first ignited in a hostile, radiation-blasted neighborhood 10,000 light-years closer to the Milky Way’s center than it is now.
Spread the loveIn an exciting astronomical event, a newly discovered asteroid, designated as 2026 EG1, is set to make a close approach to Earth on the evening of March 12, 2026. This space rock, ...
A huge solar storm struck Mars in 2024, supercharging its upper atmosphere and briefly disrupting spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet.