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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS shows comet tail in new image
Astronomers captured images live from the Gemini South telescope control room in Chile, and they showed a comet tail for 3I/ATLAS.
September 7, 2025
Butterfly nebula offers clues on how Earth-like planets form
New observations of the Butterfly nebula reveal a dust torus, energetic jets, and PAH formation, providing insight into how rocky planets like Earth assemble.
September 3, 2025
Space-time, the interwoven fabric of space and time
Space-time lies at the heart of modern physics, yet its true nature remains unclear. Is it a fixed structure, a dynamic field, or just a metaphor?
August 31, 2025
Baby planet caught carving a path in its star’s dusty disk
Astronomers spot a baby planet shaping its star’s protoplanetary disk. This is a rare look at planet formation in action, 430 light-years from Earth.
August 29, 2025
See the Trifid nebula aka Messier 20 tonight
If you have a dark sky, you can spot the Trifid nebula as a fuzzy patch within the Milky Way. And binoculars or a telescope will reveal more details.
August 28, 2025
Star spots and planetary transits on distant stars
NASA scientists use TESS and Kepler data with a new method to map star spots on distant stars to enhance our understanding of stellar activity and exoplanets.
August 27, 2025
Asteroid Bennu samples reveal dramatic solar system past
Research on Asteroid Bennu samples brings to light diverse characteristics that give insight into how, when and where the asteroid was formed.
August 25, 2025
All of the first stars might not have been massive
Recent studies suggest not all of the first stars in the universe were massive. Some of them could be up to only 40 times the mass of the sun.
August 24, 2025
Could Ceres have been habitable? New research holds a clue
Could Ceres have been habitable? New research indicates it might have had the energy necessary to support some microbial metabolisms.
August 22, 2025
New moon discovered orbiting inside distant Uranus’ rings
Astronomers have discovered a new moon orbiting Uranus. The newly found moon - the planet's 29th - is just 6 miles wide.
August 21, 2025
