Bad news for those hoping interstellar invader 3I/ATLAS is an alien spacecraft as technosignature search turns up empty.
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China’s ice-hunting Chang’e 7 mission is scheduled to launch to the moon later this year, helping set the stage for a lunar base that the country aims to build in the 2030s.
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“If this interaction between dark matter and neutrinos is confirmed, it would be a fundamental breakthrough.”
The shape of the universe is not something we often think about.
Astronomers are gathering in Phoenix this week for the 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS 247), where the latest discoveries from exoplanets, JWST and upcoming space missions will take center stage.
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The Westerlund 2 star cluster is home to some of the Milky Way’s brightest stars.
Lunar landers from Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines and Astrobotic are gearing up for moon landing attempts in 2026 as the commercial exploration of deep space expands.
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When it comes to viewing nebulae, galaxies, and other deep-sky objects, amateur astronomers on a budget have had two options. They can view with the naked eye through a telescope and perceive these spectacular objects as faint smudges that don’t even …
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Astronomers have detected a “free floating” rogue planet the size of Saturn drifting through the Milky Way some 10,000 light-years from Earth.
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