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TOI-4465 B: New Giant Exoplanet Discovered 400 Light-Years Away
A unique gas giant has been confirmed through global teamwork, offering insights into planetary formation and future ...
Astronomers have discovered another puzzling interstellar object − this third one is big, bright and fast
We have discovered two interstellar objects so far, ’Oumuamua and Comet 2I/Borisov. ’Oumuamua had no dust tail and a ...
Three years of science: Ten cosmic surprises from NASA's Webb telescope
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been unwaveringly focused on our universe. With its unprecedented power to detect and ...
First close-up view of "cotton candy" nebula captured by world's largest cosmic telescope
A new observatory in Chile has produced a stunningly detailed image of a nebula resembling cotton candy, using the largest ...
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A Telescope Collaboration Between Astrophysicists Offers an Unprecedented Opportunity for Discovery
The 10-year survey is the primary mission of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop at the edge of Chile’s ...
A Colossal Telescope in the Desert Just Captured Galaxies We’ve Never Seen Before
More than a decade in the making, the Vera Rubin Observatory finally released its first image as its begins its ...
Tuesday Telescope: A howling wolf in the night sky
Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you ...
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What will be one of the world’s most powerful telescopes enters final design phase
Texas astronomers are part of the effort to construct the Giant Magellan Telescope – an effort that will bring a new level of ...