The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS changed significantly as it flew by the sun last fall, astronomers have discovered.
Things are gearing up in the development of the Giant Magellan Telescope in Chile, as its developers enter the final design phase before the project goes before Congress for funding.
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The star is escaping the Large Magellanic Cloud for the Milky Way.
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have investigated the giant exoplanet 29 Cygni b — work that could clarify the line between planets and stars.
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The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument has completed its five-year mission to build the most comprehensive 3D map of the universe to date — but its exploration of the universe continues.
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The Jupiter-bound spacecraft JUICE spotted the interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS spraying enough water into space to fill 70 swimming pools a day.
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“In the inner corona, a region very difficult to observe, we saw slow solar wind gusts moving three to four times faster than expected.”
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“The discovery of this exceptional object has allowed us to accurately study the nature of the stars at the center of an elliptical galaxy in a remote era of the universe, when the galaxy was still young.”
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New research shows that craters near the moon’s south pole that have been in permanent shadow the longest are more likely to contain the most water ice.
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“This is the least transparent NASA budget request I’ve ever seen — and I’ve literally looked through every single one since 1960.”
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