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James Webb Space Telescope finds the faintest galaxy ever detected at the dawn of the universe
By Ben Turner published
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered the faintest galaxy ever seen, burning away the pitch-black gloom of the early universe 13 billion years ago.
Earth's highest, coldest, rarest clouds are back. How to see the eerie 'noctilucent clouds' this summer.
By Jamie Carter published
Look North as the stars appear in June and July to have a chance of seeing rare noctilucent (or 'night-shining') clouds with the naked eye.
Hundreds of ancient, invisible structures discovered near our galaxy's center
By Brandon Specktor published
Radio astronomers have discovered hundreds of long, thin structures emanating from our galaxy's supermassive black hole.
Stephen Hawking's most famous prediction could mean that everything in the universe is doomed to evaporate, new study says
By Ben Turner published
A new theory has radically revised Stephen Hawking's 1974 theory of black holes to predict that all objects with mass may eventually disappear.
There may be hundreds of millions of habitable planets in the Milky Way, new study suggests
By Briley Lewis published
A new analysis of Kepler data shows that one-third of small stars called M dwarfs may have the potential to host life.
Repeated signals from the center of the Milky Way could be aliens saying hello, new study claims
By Stephanie Pappas published
A new search for extraterrestrial life has scientists looking inward — toward the center of our galaxy.
Shining rainbow rings around the sun photographed in Finland. What caused them?
By Harry Baker published
The extremely rare kaleidoscopic circles have a surprising Earth-based origin.
New 'quasi-moon' discovered near Earth has been traveling alongside our planet since 100 BC
By Kiley Price published
Astronomers recently identified asteroid 2023 FW13 as a quasi-moon, a space rock orbiting the sun nearly in tandem with Earth.
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