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Watch as the International Space Station takes shape in this time-lapsed NASA animation of its decade-long assembly, which began in 1998. Also, see a time-lapsed flyaround of the orbital outpost ...
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) that was launched in 2023 will take about 8 years to arrive at the jovian system ...
For reference, Pluto’s average distance from the Sun is about 40 AU, so 2023 KQ14 is quite distant. At 23.4 billion miles (37 ...
A cataclysmic variable star isn’t technically a single object. Instead, it’s a compact binary system composed of a white dwarf stealing matter from a nearby donor star. Occasionally, that matter ...
Researchers use the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii to find a small object on the outer edge of the Solar System. Nicknamed ...
Astronomers have upped the odds that "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 will crash ... Still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact ...