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A cosmic object spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope has flummoxed astronomers. Now, a research team has studied ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

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The telescope will be roughly the size of the ... There is a race to build huge ground-based observatories and the United States is poised to be sitting on the sidelines while European Southern ...

Observatories on Maunakea and Haleakalā are actively tracking 2024 YR4 to refine its trajectory. In 2022, UH was instrumental ...

Want to make the most of your telescope? You need a mount to match. We have rounded up the best telescope mounts in time for February's Venus and moon convergence. The right telescope mount can ...