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A mysterious interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, discovered in July 2025, has sparked debate among astronomers. While most believe ...

In 1919, a total solar eclipse allowed scientists to confirm Einstein’s theory of general relativity by observing how the sun’s gravity bent starlight. This discovery revolutionized physics and made ...

Astronomers have long voiced concerns about Starlink's satellite constellation interfering with observations of the universe, ...

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Betelgeuse needs no introduction. Besides having its name borrowed by the ghost with the most, this 10-million-year-old red ...

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Using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), astronomers have observed a nearby ultra-diffuse galaxy designated F8D1. The new ...

One of the world’s premier laboratory science conferences is named for the Steel City — and it’s coming home for the first ...

A red supergiant star is surrounded by a sphere of dust and gas so large there is no known explanation for what produced it ...

Consolmagno, who has a prodigious white beard, wavy gray bangs, and dark, beetling eyebrows, is one of fifteen scientists who ...