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$Three panels, each showing a different view of the binary star system Alpha Centauri. The panel at the left is a Digitized Sky Survey image showing a single bright point source at the center of a black image with small stars scattered throughout. The very center of this bright source is outlined with a vertical box, tilted slightly to the left, with two diagonal lines leading to the second panel. The Hubble Space Telescope image shows two white stars with 4 diffraction spikes each against a black background. The top star is labeled Alpha Cen B and the bottom Alpha Cen A. Alpha Cen A is outlined with a white square with two diagonal lines leading to the third panel at the furthest right, which shows a James Webb Space Telescope image of the star. Within a large white circle there is a blurry red-toned field with an orange star icon and central black circle outlined in white marking the location of Alpha Cen A. A bright orange blob at 9 o’clock in relation to the star is labeled “S1” and circled.$

August 7, 2025

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found strong evidence of a giant planet orbiting a star…

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NASA Scientist Finds Predicted Companion Star to Betelgeuse

July 23, 2025

A century-old hypothesis that Betelgeuse, the 10th brightest star in our night sky, is orbited by a very…

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A total solar eclipse showing the dark silhouette of the Moon completely covering the Sun, with the Sun’s bright corona radiating around the edges against a dark sky. A faint sliver of red appears on the upper right of the eclipse, showing the Sun's chromosphere.

July 18, 2025

July will see the launch of the groundbreaking Solar EruptioN Integral Field Spectrograph mission, or SNIFS. Delivered to…

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This release features an artist's illustration of a Jupiter-sized planet closely orbiting a faint red star. An inset image, showing the star in X-ray light from Chandra, is superimposed on top of the illustration at our upper left corner.

July 17, 2025

A star is unleashing a barrage of X-rays that is causing a closely-orbiting, young planet to wither away an astonishing rate, according…

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One Survey by NASA’s Roman Could Unveil 100,000 Cosmic Explosions

July 16, 2025

Scientists predict one of the major surveys by NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope may reveal around…

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Snaps Closest-Ever Images to Sun

July 11, 2025

KEY POINTS NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has taken the closest ever images to the Sun, captured just 3.8…

NASA’s Webb Finds New Evidence for Planet Around Closest Solar Twin

NASA Scientist Finds Predicted Companion Star to Betelgeuse

NASA to Launch SNIFS, Sun’s Next Trailblazing Spectator

NASA’s Chandra Finds Baby Exoplanet is Shrinking

One Survey by NASA’s Roman Could Unveil 100,000 Cosmic Explosions

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Snaps Closest-Ever Images to Sun