Observations of the two solar system gas giants have revealed that Jupiter 's north pole hosts a central polar vortex ...

V1674 Herculis was a record-breaker. It erupted in the constellation Hercules on June 12, 2021, and skyrocketed to peak ...

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The Ring Nebula, a stunning celestial structure residing in our neighborhood of the Milky Way galaxy, was discovered by ...

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After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully successful test on Oct. 13, 2025. A ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope is finding unexpectedly many "dead" galaxies in the early universe where no stars are forming.

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