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Astronomers have discovered strong evidence for the closest supermassive black hole outside of the Milky Way galaxy. This ...
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Astronomers have discovered nearly 6,000 planets beyond our own solar system. Here's how — and how we'll find even more.
Milky Way photography can yield some stunning shots from here on Earth. But what if you had a vantage point at some 400km ...
Am astrophotographer has now unveiled the most breathtaking photo of the Andromeda galaxy we've ever seen, and he took it ...
This stunning photo was taken on January 29, 2025, from 265 miles (425 km) above the Pacific Ocean. Pettit, a seasoned ...
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have a front-row seat to some of the most extraordinary sights in the ...
SPHEREx is set to launch at Friday from California. Here are five things to know about NASA's latest advanced space telescope.
The shot of our planet and the great cosmos beyond offers an eerie sense of scale to our quotidian situations on Earth.