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Astronomers have captured the first-ever image of 3i/ATLAS, revealing groundbreaking data that could change our understanding of this celestial body. Discover why its unique features have sparked ...

The Event Horizon Telescope captured the first image of the Milky Way galaxy's supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* — our galaxy's "black hole heart." Credit: ESO The Trump administration might’ve ...

The sun wanders the Milky Way alone; our star orbits the galaxy’s distant center without any stellar siblings. But it wasn’t always this way. The solar system was very likely born in a tremendous gas ...

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When light emanates from distant stars, planets, and galaxies, it travels through Earth's atmosphere before it hits our eyes. Because shifting pockets of air affect the light traveling through the ...

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