Astronomy

ESA lays the foundation for its best-ever 3D map of the Universe, with over 900 million galaxies

ESA lays the foundation for its best-ever 3D map of the Universe, with over 900 million galaxies
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ESA lays the foundation for its best-ever 3D map of the Universe, with over 900 million galaxies

ESA lays the foundation for its best-ever 3D map of the Universe, with over 900 million galaxies
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Skywatching

Leonid meteor shower 2026: When and where to watch the shooting stars in November

Leonid meteor shower 2026: When and where to watch the shooting stars in November
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Fireball spotted over southern Tennessee by NASA on November 5
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Videos

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STAR FORMATION! Webb reveals a turbulent stellar nursery 161,000 light-years away
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"We'll find evidence of ET before 2035": SETI scientist Seth Shostak on aliens, Pentagon's UFO files
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SpaceX Starship Flight 15: How the 22-hour mission and double tower catch will work
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Deep Sky Objects

A planet disappeared without a trace this year. Scientists now know what happened

A planet disappeared without a trace this year. Scientists now know what happened
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NASA’s Chandra X-ray Telescope finds out why this massive star has been flaring up every 113 days

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Telescope finds out why this massive star has been flaring up every 113 days
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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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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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'Orion will clearly live on beyond SLS': NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman drops hints on Artemis future

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NASA’s Chandra X-ray Telescope finds out why this massive star has been flaring up every 113 days
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Caltech robot makes history by autonomously building the first structure in space

Caltech robot makes history by autonomously building the first structure in space
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'A new strategy for getting to Mars': NASA’s ESCAPADE spacecraft complete historic Earth flybys

'A new strategy for getting to Mars': NASA’s ESCAPADE spacecraft complete historic Earth flybys
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'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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SETI scientist Seth Shostak is confident 'we will find evidence for extraterrestrial life before 2035' (exclusive)

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Starship Flight 15: SpaceX moves Super Heavy booster to launch pad ahead of November 13 lift-off

Starship Flight 15: SpaceX moves Super Heavy booster to launch pad ahead of November 13 lift-off
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NASA awards Impulse Space two Moon Base-related missions, slated for 2028 launch

NASA awards Impulse Space two Moon Base-related missions, slated for 2028 launch
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Constellation

Cassiopeia: The famous W-shaped constellation and how to spot it

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

Constellations with the most visibility in January 2026: Easy viewing tips
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Could microbes live beneath Mars’ surface? A new study raises the question 5 PHOTOS ASTRONOMY

Could microbes live beneath Mars’ surface? A new study raises the question

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SPACEFLIGHT

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Instruments

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

ESA’s ‘sleeping beauty’ is waking up: MetOp-SG-B1 weather satellite prepares for Ariane 6 launch
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All about PHOENIX—a proposed super telescope that could observe planet formation and early universe

All about PHOENIX—a proposed super telescope that could observe planet formation and early universe
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