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Third known interstellar object to pass through solar system, right next to Earth’s orbit
The space agency spotted the quick-moving object with the Atlas telescope in Chile earlier this week, and confirmed it was a comet from another star system.
How NASA's SPHEREx mission will share its all-sky map with the world
NASA's newest astrophysics space telescope launched in March on a mission to create an all-sky map of the universe. Now ...
Researchers Unveil Galactic Treasure Map, Opening a New Window to the Extreme Universe
A groundbreaking new survey from China’s LHAASO observatory has unveiled powerful ultrahigh-energy gamma-ray emissions across ...
You’re Closer Than You Think to the Perfect View of the Milky Way
Admire our galaxy’s dramatic galactic core—a sparkly bulge of stars and gas—while summer’s short ‘Milky Way season’ lasts ...
Milky Way season is here. How to see the cosmic show in Nashville on Fourth of July and beyond
The Milky Way's core will be visible this month and through August. Here's what Tennessee stargazers should know.
ALMA reveals hidden structures in the first galaxies of the universe
Astronomers have used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to peer into the early universe and uncover the building blocks of galaxies during their formative years. The CRISTAL ...
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JWST reveals how galaxies like the milky way built their stellar disk over time
A new study using images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has helped to answer a continuous question in astronomy ...
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James Webb Space Telescope uses cosmic archeology to reveal history of the Milky Way galaxy
Astronomers taken on the role of cosmic archeologists, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to excavate over 100 disk ...