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Rocket Lab is acquiring satellite telecommunications company Iridium for $8 billion as part of its effort to...
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Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted a massive and densely packed galaxy cluster at...
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Stars continuously shape their orbiting planets through gravity, radiation, and magnetic forces within their planetary systems. This...
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British thermal imaging startup SatVu announced the start of commercial services June 29 for HotSat-2, marking a...
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Editor's note: Wow, the Strawberry Moon 2026 certainly served up quite the treat! We've rounded up some...
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(Glasgow, UK) Glasgow-based space engineering company Craft Prospect has been selected for inclusion in the inaugural edition...
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HELSINKI — China has established a national very low Earth orbit industry alliance, as multiple satellites demonstrate...
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Chirag Upreti from New York City Active region AR 4475, a cluster of sunspots that emerged June...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. June 28: Mercury stands...
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The center of the Milky Way is a chaotic region with a storm of gas, but astronomers...
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When a star gets too close to a supermassive black hole, it is destroyed in a brilliant...
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Astronomers have discovered two of the lightest worlds ever found, giant planets less dense than candy floss,...
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force...
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Star formation is a significant factor in galaxy evolution, alongside collisions and mergers. Researchers from Ohio State...
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Jupiter’s moon, Europa, is a focus for astrobiologists due to its subsurface ocean of liquid water, which...
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This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image showcases the galaxy cluster CL0016+1609, also known as MACS J0018.5+1626, which...
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Researchers from the Los Alamos National Laboratory confirmed that two long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) originated from the...
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Comets have play an interesting role in astronomy history. From antiquity, many cultures saw them omens or...
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A research team led by Professor So Youn Kim from Seoul National University has developed a methodology...
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One year ago, on July 1, 2025, astronomers discovered a fascinating new object moving through the solar...