Astronomy

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SETI scientist Seth Shostak is confident 'we will find evidence for extraterrestrial life before 2035' (exclusive)
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Skywatching

'Like a shot': 2-foot-wide meteoroid explodes off the coast of Key West in Florida

'Like a shot': 2-foot-wide meteoroid explodes off the coast of Key West in Florida
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Fireball spotted over southern Tennessee by NASA on November 5
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Videos

SpaceX Starship Flight 15: How the 22-hour mission and double tower catch will work 5:49

SpaceX Starship Flight 15: How the 22-hour mission and double tower catch will work
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Astronomers capture a space cloud that looks like Van Gogh’s The Starry Night 0:44

Astronomers capture a space cloud that looks like Van Gogh’s The Starry Night
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On this day in 2011: A Russian probe meant to bring back Mars moon soil reached orbit, then went silent
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Deep Sky Objects

Astronomers puzzle over a record-breaking cosmic explosion that lasted for 27 days

Astronomers puzzle over a record-breaking cosmic explosion that lasted for 27 days
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Astronomers discover fastest-spinning asteroid making one rotation within 5 minutes—here’s why it’s unusual

Astronomers discover fastest-spinning asteroid making one rotation within 5 minutes—here’s why it’s unusual
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Supermassive black hole-powered blazar breaks record for most distant object of its kind ever found

Supermassive black hole-powered blazar breaks record for most distant object of its kind ever found
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Did scientists just find a new way to detect neutron star mergers? Study provides fresh clue

Did scientists just find a new way to detect neutron star mergers? Study provides fresh clue
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Astronomers discover atmosphere on the coldest lava exoplanet ever found; here’s why it matters

Astronomers discover atmosphere on the coldest lava exoplanet ever found; here’s why it matters
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China’s StarWhisper AI is helping telescopes hunt for the first light from exploding stars

China’s StarWhisper AI is helping telescopes hunt for the first light from exploding stars
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Today's Moon Phase

Today's Moon phase in Los Angeles

Today's Moon phase in Los Angeles
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Today's Moon phase in Indianapolis
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Today's Moon phase in Salt Lake City
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Fireball spotted over southern Tennessee by NASA on November 5
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On this day in 1967: NASA launched Apollo 4—the first test of Saturn V that would take humans to the Moon
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NASA’s first ESCAPADE orbiter swings past Earth on trip to Mars, second set to fly by on November 9
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Constellation

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Cassiopeia: The famous W-shaped constellation and how to spot it
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How to easily spot the constellation Lynx in March's night skies

How to easily spot the constellation Lynx in March's night skies
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Constellations with the most visibility in January 2026: Easy viewing tips
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How Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov almost became the first human on the Moon 5 PHOTOS ASTRONOMY

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Instruments

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ESA’s ‘sleeping beauty’ is waking up: MetOp-SG-B1 weather satellite prepares for Ariane 6 launch
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