The Lowell Observatory
Astronomer Percival Lowell founded his Arizona stargazing lab in 1894 to aid in his search for life on Mars. While that quest is still ...
No, that’s not a cosmic cone of shame—it’s NASA’s newest space telescope
Satellites come in all shapes and sizes, but there aren't any that look quite like SPHEREx, an infrared observatory NASA ...
Astronomers Confirm 4 Rocky Exoplanets in Earth’s Backyard, Just 6 Light-Years Away
The four exoplanets orbit Barnard’s Star so closely that their years last only a few Earth days. They are probably rocky and, ...
After 100 Years of Searching, Astronomers Confirm Four Planets at Barnard’s Star
Astronomers have discovered not one, but four tiny planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our cosmic neighbor. These planets, each about a fifth the mass of Earth, whip around their host star in just ...
Four tiny planets found orbiting one of Earth's nearest stars in 'incredible' discovery
Barnard's Star is the second-nearest star system to Earth, and four tiny planets have been discovered around it ...
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Planetary system found around nearest single star
Using in part the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, partly funded by the U.S.
Investigating more than 1,000 star-forming regions to understand stellar birth
In the ALMAGAL project, an international research team will analyze observations of more than a thousand "star factories" to ...
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First radio pulses traced to dead-star binary
Astronomers detected constant stream of radio pulses emitted from across the galaxy. Team now finds the pulses are from a ...
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Wowed by the planetary parade? A free ‘Public Star Party' is on the horizon
A visit to the hilltop landmark is like taking a short and informative trip into the deepest universe while staying firmly on ...