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Detailed photos from the newly operational Vera C. Rubin Observatory have revealed that the recently discovered interstellar ...

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The most intense warming, which occurred in the North Atlantic, tropical Pacific, South Pacific and North Pacific, accounted ...

A newly discovered dwarf planet called 'Ammonite' (2023 KQ14) has been spotted in the outer solar system, and it could be ...

Astronomers have used a novel technique to find evidence of a secret "buddy" star orbiting Betelgeuse, one of the brightest ...

Two minor meteor showers — the Southern Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids — peak overnight on July 29-30, making it a ...