Sun’s swirling surface captured in spectacular detail by world’s largest solar telescope
The Sun’s surface is constantly churning with hot, glowing plasma. Those swirling eddies play a huge role in…
The James Webb Telescope Is Changing Astronomers’ Understanding of the Ancient Cosmos
To test these new ideas, researchers are exploring the infant universe through simulations. “There’s actually been really remarkable…
There Are 2 Eclipses This August. Here’s How to See Them
The 2026 astronomical calendar features only four eclipses. But August is a bounty of riches, with two set…
Astronomers Have Detected an Exomoon for the First Time
To confirm that the observed signal was indeed caused by a moon, the research team also examined other…
UK’s £3 Million Bet Could Help NASA Find Life on Nearby Planets
A conceptual design of the Habitable Worlds Observatory. Credit: NASA A £3 million investment could help secure a…
NASA telescope captures ‘wandering’ black hole devour star
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Buck moon 2026: When and how to see it across Australia
A “buck moon” this coming Thursday night will be bright enough to outshine two meteor showers, making an…
Vigorous turbulence driven by quasar-mode feedback in a cluster core
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage will hit the Moon in the coming days
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Fast blue optical transients still defy explanation
Sky surveys keep catching a kind of cosmic explosion that astronomers can’t explain. They call them fast blue…
Astronomers find four Barnard’s Star planets to be small, uninhabitable, with years lasting only days
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The future of the UK’s renowned Lovell radio telescope is in question after a funding cut | World News
LONDON (AP) — Scientists have reacted with alarm to news that the British government will cut funding to…