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Astronomers have found 2023 KQ14, nicknamed Ammonite, a rare Sednoid with a unique orbit that challenges the Planet Nine hypothesis.
New Moon means dark skies — and your chance to try photographing interstellar interloper 3I/ATLAS moving against the ...
Maffei 1 and 2 are faint, dust-obscured galaxies near the Milky Way—discovered in 1967 and challenging targets for deep-sky ...
One amateur astronomer is on a quest to identify every object in the catalog of Lynds’ dark nebulae. Tag along for the ...
Catch the solar system’s largest planet satellite sharing the constellation Gemini the Twins with our Moon this morning ...
With the discovery of Infinity Galaxy, researchers believe they have found evidence of a direct collapse black hole by ...
Harmful cuts” jeopardize the agency’s mission, more than 280 current and former personnel contend in a scathing dissent.
The loose open cluster NGC 7243 makes it worth learning the location of Lacerta the Lizard, now visible in the evening sky.
Explore the Soul Nebula (IC 1848), a star-forming region in Cassiopeia. Learn its clusters and why it's a favorite for ...
While astronomers have previously seen young discs that contain newborn, massive, Jupiter-like planets, McClure says, “we’ve ...
NGC 6231 is the sky's sixth-brightest open star cluster. It's located in the Scorpius constellation. Amateur astronomers call ...
The crescent Moon appears to plow through the Pleiades cluster this morning with occultations visible across North and ...