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Artist’s schematic concept of the Wolf 1130ABC system. It consists of the red dwarf star Wolf 1130A (left), its close and compact white dwarf companion Wolf 1130B (middle) and the

View larger. | Artist’s concept of what an ancient ocean on Mars might have looked like. A new study shows evidence for rivers that once emptied into the ocean, creating

This image, taken by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, shows a portion of molecular cloud NGC 6334, popularly known as the Cat’s Paw nebula, around 5,500 light-years away. The insets show

View larger. | Artist’s illustration of the water vapor plumes on Saturn’s moon Enceladus. They erupt from a subsurface ocean through the tiger stripes cracks in the icy surface at

The ‘Alopeke instrument on the Gemini North Telescope first captured Betelgeuse’s companion – nicknamed Betelbuddy – on December 9, 2024. Now, on October 8, 2025, Carnegie Mellon University researchers revealed

This image shows a combined James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope view of the spiral galaxy NGC 1637. It is located some 40 million light-years away. The box

View larger. | Artist’s illustration of Pioneer Venus 2 approaching Venus in 1978. The mission consisted of a main spacecraft, 1 large probe and 3 small probes. A new analysis

View at EarthSky Community Photos. | John Ashley submitted this photo taken on August 13, 2025, and wrote: “Bright Perseid meteor outshines moonlight (82% illuminated moon) over Chief Mountain in

On 3 October, ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) turned its eyes toward interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passed close to Mars. Comet 3I/ATLAS is the slightly fuzzy white dot