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Could the first images from the Vera Rubin telescope change how we view space for good?
We are entering a new era of cosmic exploration. The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its ...
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Satellites trace a triangle above Gemini North Telescope | Space photo of the day for July 1, 2025
While the Gemini North Telescope may be at a high enough elevation to avoid light pollution, it has another issue that might ...
'Never been seen before': First images from new ISS solar telescope reveal subtle 'fluctuations' in sun's outer atmosphere
NASA's new "CODEX" telescope has snapped its first photos of the sun's outer atmosphere, revealing previously imperceptible ...
A strange bright burst in space baffled astronomers for more than a year. Now, they've solved the mystery
Around midday on June 13 last year, my colleagues and I were scanning the skies when we thought we had discovered a strange ...
Rare Jupiter-sized planet discovered 3,200 light-years away using Einstein's space-time warping method
A rare Jupiter-sized planet AT2021uey b was found 3,200 light-years away using microlensing, a method based on Einstein's ...
Eerie hidden world discovered by alien-hunting space telescope is first of its kind – and scientists nearly missed it
THE James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first-ever exoplanet – a distant world hidden by the glare of its nearest ...