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Heads up! Famous comet 67P/C-G nearly closest
Famous comet 67P/C-G will sweep closest to Earth in November. Finder charts help you locate this comet before it leaves for another 193 years.
October 26, 2021
Watch the Progress 79 cargo launch October 27
On October 27, 2021, Russia’s uncrewed Progress 79 cargo craft will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Here’s how to watch.
October 26, 2021
True polar wander: A shift 84 million years ago
The fossil magnetism of rocks in Italy revealed true polar wander - a major shift in Earth's outer shell relative to its spin axis - 84 million years ago.
October 25, 2021
See 42 of the largest asteroids in new images
Astronomers with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have obtained new and more detailed images of 42 of the largest asteroids in the main asteroid belt.
October 24, 2021
New fossil discovery may add 100s of millions of years to animal evolution
A new fossil discovery may be the oldest animal fossil on record. The 890-million-year-old sponge would push back the evolutionary timeline for animals.
October 24, 2021
Grus the Crane, home to ‘the bright one’
Grus the Crane is a constellation best seen from the Southern Hemisphere that has one notably bright star whose name actually means, "the bright one."
October 23, 2021
Small galaxy consumes an even smaller galaxy
Scientists found evidence that a small galaxy - the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite of the Milky Way - has eaten an even smaller galaxy.
October 22, 2021
White dwarf star abruptly switches on and off
Astronomers have witnessed a white dwarf switching on and off - or going from a bright to dim stage and back - over a period of just 30 minutes.
October 22, 2021
October deep sky: Nebulae and more
The October deep sky holds gems such as the Helix Nebula in Aquarius. You can spot the Helix Nebula in binoculars or a telescope on October evenings.
October 22, 2021
Moon-forming disk around super-Jupiter exoplanet?
Astronomers say that there may be moons being created in a moon-forming disk of dust around a giant super-Jupiter planet (or brown dwarf) 500 light-years away.
October 21, 2021
