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Rare Titan Shadow Transits Will Sweep Across Saturn in Summer 2025
Saturn’s largest moon Titan will cast its shadow across the planet’s surface in a rare spectacle this summer. Over the…
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Astronomers Discover Baby Planets Taking Their First Steps in Nearby Stellar Nursery
Astronomers may have just caught a glimpse of the early signs of the formation of “baby” solar systems in the…
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James Webb Telescope Captures First Direct Image of Saturn-Mass Exoplanet
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured its first direct image of a newly discovered exoplanet. Astronomers announced that…
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Rubin Observatory to Unveil First Cosmic Images with World’s Largest Digital Camera
A new era of cosmic wonder dawns as Vera C. Rubin Observatory receives first celestial images at live reveal on June…
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Is Mars Really Red? A Physicist Explains the Science Behind Its Colour and More
Mars has been inspiring human imagination for millennia, mainly because it has a reddish colour, which earned it the title “Red…
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NASA Chandra Spots Distant X-Ray Jet; Telescope Faces Major Budget Cuts
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has detected an enormous X-ray jet from quasar J1610+1811, observed at a distance of about 11.6…
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Hubble Finds Cosmic Dust Coating Uranus’ Moons, Not Radiation Scars
The latest Hubble Space Telescope observations reveal a twist in the story of Uranus’s moons. Rather than the expected radiation…
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ASKAP Telescope Discovers 15 Massive Giant Radio Galaxies, Largest Objects in the Known Universe
A study involving astronomers from around the world has discovered the rare massive galaxies, known as Giant Radio Galaxies, the…
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Astronomers Discover Most Powerful Cosmic Explosions Since the Big Bang
Astronomers have seen the most energetic cosmic explosions yet, a new class of eruptions termed “extreme nuclear transients” (ENTs). These rare…
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Brightest Planets in June’s Night Sky: How and When to See Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn
Skywatchers are in for a treat this June as several planets—Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Saturn—offer prime visibility during dawn and…
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Hubble Spots Isolated Barred Spiral Galaxy That’s Secretly Part of a Cosmic Duo
About 46 million light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Leo (the Lion), sits a lonely elliptical galaxy known as…
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New Analysis Weakens Claims of Life on Distant Exoplanet K2-18b
Last month, astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope made headlines by announcing they had detected hints of the chemicals…
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