Using the Webb telescope’s powerful Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) instrument, the team detected a ...
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Astronomers have confirmed that three Earth-sized planets are orbiting two stars in the same system — a first in the history ...
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By analyzing the data from the SuperCOSMOS Hα Survey (SHS) and from the Gaia satellite, astronomers have inspected a bipolar ...
NASA confirms interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is a natural comet, not an alien artefact. Its nickel and CO2-rich chemistry suggests it's pre-Sun matter, offering unique insights into ancient star ...
The sun arrives at the December solstice at 10:03 a.m. EST on Dec. 21. This is the farthest south the sun gets in the heavens; it begins its six-month return northward at the moment winter begins in ...
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Astronomers located hyperactive fast radio bursts to a faint dwarf galaxy orbiting a larger companion 2 billion light-years ...
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The picture-perfect launch of twin Escapade orbiters bound for Mars presages a fantastical new age in exploring the planets, ...