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C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) has broken into three distinct pieces following its closest approach to the sun on Oct. 8. Astronomers have ...

The discovery of a superheated star factory that forms stars 180 times faster than our own Milky Way could help solve a ...

The discovery indicates how galaxies could have grown quickly when the universe was very young, solving a long-standing ...

Customers send their telescopes to Starfront Observatories, where amateur stargazers can view the night sky unencumbered by ...

Created using data from two extensive surveys, this spectacular radio image of the galactic plane of the Milky Way provides valuable insights into the birth and death of stars.

Researchers are uncovering the origins of cosmic rays, linking them to mysterious cosmic accelerators called PeVatrons New research from astrophysicists at Michigan State University may bring scientis ...