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Evidence continues to assemble that dwarf galaxies played a larger role in shaping the early universe than previously thought. Astronomers analyzing data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have

Astronomers have discovered that the largest comet from the Oort Cloud, a shell of icy bodies at the very edge of the solar system, is bursting with chemical activity. Using

Unsettled geomagnetic activity could bring northern lights to parts of the U.S. tonight (June 19–20). A coronal mass ejection (CME) released during a relatively small C5.5 solar flare on June

Astronomers have discovered a vast tendril of hot gas linking four galaxy clusters and stretching out for 23 million light-years, 230 times the length of our galaxy. With 10 times

SpaceX’s newest Starship vehicle just went up in smoke. The company was testing a Starship upper stage at its Starbase site in South Texas on Wednesday night (June 18), to

The half-lit lunar disk will rise alongside the ringed giant Saturn and dimmer Neptune in the early morning hours of June 19, putting on a spectacular show just six hours

China brought two spacecraft together high above Earth as part of a refueling demonstration mission, according to a space situational awareness company. China’s Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 satellites had been moving

Look to the west on the nights following June 18 to see Mars sweep past the bright star Regulus to enter the Spring Triangle – a formation of three prominent

Japanese automaker Honda successfully launched and landed a prototype reusable rocket on Tuesday (June 17), marking a big step toward future spaceflight capabilities. The 56-second vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL)

Okay, it wasn’t quite the three years “Star Wars” fans had to endure waiting for closure on that “I am your father” revelation. Even so, the summer of 1990 can’t