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Astronomers have for the first time detected a coronal mass ejection from another star, shedding light on worlds orbiting red ...

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A newly discovered comet named C/2025 V1, which some have compared to 3I/ATLAS, is due to make its closest approach to Earth on Tuesday, Nov. 11.

There are no confirmed exomoons, moons orbiting distant exoplanets in other solar systems. There are a few candidates, but ...

Astronomers recently detected a stray quasi-moon in our planet’s orbit, but it's hardly the first stowaway to hang out around ...

The night sky often feels calm, yet the early universe tells a very different story. A newly studied ancient galaxy, seen as ...

Uranus is the only planet that rotates sideways with a 98-degree tilt. Learn why Uranus spins this way, how its seasons last ...

Perspective is everything, but these curious maps might give a whole new approach to the weird and wonderful world that we ...