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For 30 years, the world’s astronomers have searched the cosmos for exoplanets. We recently hit a milestone now…
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While the Northern Hemisphere was treated to the celestial phenomenon most recently in March, now it’s the bottom…
Elon Musk, SpaceX prepare for Starship flight 11. What we know
Billionaire Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, has indicated his intent to ramp up the frequency of Starship launches…
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While black hole M87*’s magnetic fields appeared to spiral in one direction in 2017, they settled in 2018…
Gravitational waves help scientists measure newborn black hole’s ‘kick’
The historic finding comes about a decade after the first detection of gravitational waves performed by a famous…
6 strange things humans have left in outer space
Humanity’s reach extends far beyond Earth, but it isn’t just satellites and spacecraft that orbit our planet or…
Voyager 1 NASA probe continues mission 48 years later
In its 48th birthday month, here’s everything to know about the cosmic journey of Voyager 1 and its…
Comet 3I/ATLAS seen with glowing tail by telescope
A ground telescope in Chile recently glimpsed the comet’s glowing tail, which observations reveal has steadily been growing…