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In a discovery that's fit for a movie, Northwestern University astronomers have directly imaged a Tatooine-like exoplanet, orbiting two suns. While obtaining an image of a planet beyond our solar ...

Jupiter shines brilliantly in the eastern sky this December as it nears opposition early in 2026, outshining nearby stars and ...