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Gorgeous images of stellar nurseries are featured this week alongside some of the solar system's moons: Mars's Deimos, ...

In the rugged goldfields of southeastern Australia, a local prospector spent years trying to crack open a mysterious, ...

Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN)'s backdrop is dominated by the Eagle Nebula — a vast cosmic structure of dust and hydrogen-rich gas ...

Scientists studying samples from the Bennu asteroid located not too far from Earth continue to find clues as to how life ...

A group of extremely bright stars may be slowly reshaping the Orion Nebula and stopping one of their neighbors from forming planets, new James Webb Space Telescope observations suggest. When you ...

NASA’s Bennu samples have revealed an unexpected mix of sugars, sticky 'gum-like' material and ancient stardust. Scientists ...

Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006. Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all, researchers say. The possibility that an additional planet may be hidden far into the solar system ...

From the meteor showers to super moons, this time of year gives us a front row seat to one of the most active regions of the ...

A mesmerizing deep-space photograph of Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN), captured in front of the Eagle Nebula, has sent shockwaves through the astrophotography community. The image, snapped by professional ...

This month will bring some striking celestial sights, including one of the year’s best meteor showers and a glowing ...

Studied by astronomers for a brief moment, the C/2025 K1 ATLAS comet was spotted by telescopes as it split, providing a ...