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December 23, 2024

NASA Astronauts Stuck in Space Share Festive Photo That’s Out of this World

For astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, this year’s Christmas is out of this world—literally. The two astronauts have been in space since June, and will be spending the holidays orbiting the Earth. The pair was originally slated to return to Earth sometime in February, according to NASA.

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December 11, 2024

Get Ready for the Geminid Meteor Shower, the Last Big Astronomy Event of 2024

From a total solar eclipse to bright auroras and comet sightings, 2024 has been amazing for stargazers around the world.

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November 14, 2024

Best New Photos of Jupiter From the Latest Flyby of NASA’s Juno Spacecraft

NASA's Juno mission completed its 66th close passage to Jupiter—also known as perijove—on October 23.

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November 13, 2024

Get Ready for the Last Supermoon of the Year — And the Last One for a While

This year has been a true gift for stargazers, and it's going out with a bang. This weekend, the fourth and final supermoon of the year will light up the sky. And if you're into astrophotography or simply love staring out at Earth’s only natural satellite, make sure to really take it in, as this upcoming supermoon will be the last one for a while.

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November 5, 2024

Webb Telescope Captures Young Star Cluster That May Unveil Early Days of the Universe

The Small Magellanic Cloud is one of the most distant objects visible to the naked eye from the Southern Hemisphere.

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October 22, 2024

JWST Discovers Icy Exoplanet That Looks Like an Eyeball May Have Liquid Ocean

Since its discovery in 2017, scientists believed that exoplanet LHS 1140 b was a gaseous planet similar to Neptune.

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October 21, 2024

Astronomers Make a Discovery That Challenges Our Notions of the Universe

It's common knowledge that our planet is part of the Milky Way, and that our galaxy is just a small part of the universe. But an international team of researchers guided by astronomers from the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy is making us rethink just how large that universe may be. After studying the movements of 56,000 galaxies, they've determined that our neighborhood is much larger than we originally thought.

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October 9, 2024

Stunning Images of Comet A3 Captured by Astronauts Aboard the ISS

Astronauts Matthew Dominick and Don Pettit are well known for their photography skills, capturing sweeping vistas from the International Space...

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September 27, 2024

Astrophotographer Travels 3,000 Miles to Photograph Saturn’s Lunar Occultation

Lunar occultations are exciting events for any astrophotographer, as the Moon appears to pass in front of a celestial body.

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September 27, 2024

Detailed Milky Way Map Shows Hidden Parts of Our Galaxy

Astronomers have published the most detailed infrared map of the Milky Way. With over 200,000 images taken by ESO‘s VISTA telescope, this map is a breakthrough that gives astronomers new insight into our galaxy. The telescope, located in Chile, is used to map large portions of the sky. Thanks to its infrared camera, VIRCAM, which can see through the Milky Way's dust and gas, astronomers can see into hidden areas.

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