Dozens of Star Wars Tatooine-like planets with two suns discovered in new space survey
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Starwatch: Eta Aquariid meteor shower bursts into the skies | Astronomy
The Eta Aquariid meteor shower bursts upon the skies this week, reaching its peak on the night of…
Rare comet to flash through New Zealand skies – before it disappears for 170,000 years | New Zealand
A comet formed on the edges of the solar system will grace southern skies over the next fortnight,…
APOD: 2026 May 3 – Trifid Pillars and Jets
APOD: 2026 May 3 – Trifid Pillars and Jets Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or…
Hubble captures evolving star birth in the Trifid Nebula
Hubble just captured a new close-up of the Trifid Nebula, a star-forming region about 5,000 light-years from Earth.…
Scientists Say There’s Something Huge Buried Inside Our Galaxy
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Swedish Armed Forces launch first military surveillance satellite
The Swedish Armed Forces has launched its first operational military reconnaissance and surveillance satellite, marking the country’s entry…
Mars will tear its own moon apart. Now scientists think it could be sooner – and more destructive – than expected
The origins of Mars’s two moons, Phobos and Deimos, are still a matter of some debate. Some planetary…
Between asteroids, stellar explosions, and thousands of alerts in a very short time, the Rubin Observatory is already making it clear that it could mark the beginning of a new era in astronomy
If your phone buzzed 800,000 times overnight, you would probably turn it off. On February 24, 2026, astronomers…
‘It was quite a light show!’ NASA astronaut spies dramatic fireball from the International Space Station (photos)
On the International Space Station, you look down to see shooting stars. NASA astronaut Chris Williams just reminded…