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With the arrival of the new “Fantastic Four: First Steps” film, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has revealed its own new superhero, a fiber optic insrument known as the 4-metre

Using the largest catalog of exploding white dwarf vampire stars ever gathered has provided further evidence that dark energy, the mysterious force accelerating the expansion of the universe, is getting

In a serendipitous turn of events, scientists have discovered that Japan’s Himawari-8 and Himawari-9 weather satellites, designed to monitor storms and climate patterns here on Earth, have also been quietly

A new international award named for the first person to step foot on the moon will honor excellence in “space discovery” as established by the school known as “the cradle

A new Chinese freighter spacecraft arrived at the Tiangong space station last week, packed with supplies. Tianzhou 9 launched July 14 atop a Long March 7 rocket at 5:34 p.m.

A long-standing mystery about the presence of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) on Jupiter’s icy ocean moon Europa may be closer to being solved. Hydrogen peroxide forms as a byproduct when energetic

The head of the Trump administration’s Golden Dome program says the technologies needed to create an ambitious space-based missile defense system are already in existence. U.S. Space Force General Michael

A team of scientists has found the recently discovered “interstellar invader” comet 3I/ATLAS is teeming with water ice. This water could have been sealed in the comet for 7 billion

Heavy metal pioneer Ozzy Osbourne died on July 22 after battling with Parkinson’s disease for years, his family confirmed this week. He was 76. Also known as the “Prince of

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