Astronomers are known for peering deep into the universe, but now, their observations might also help us better understand what’s happening right here on Earth. Scientists from the University of
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Showing The Math For Earth’s First — And Sudden — Spark Of Life
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The T16 Planet Hunt: 10,000 New Planet Candidates from TESS Cycle 1 and the Confirmation of a Hot Jupiter Around TIC 183374187
Distribution of our candidates on an HR diagram. The red cross marks the Sun’s position, the background colors provide approximate stellar types via the classifications in Pecaut & Mamajek (2013).
'It was quite a light show!' NASA astronaut spies dramatic fireball from the International Space Station (photos)
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NASA/Rad Sinyak The Artemis II crew (from left to right) CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman don their Orion Crew Survival
This image shows the Alpha Centauri star system from several different ground- and space-based observatories: the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS), the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, and the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb
JWST’s view of the α Cen AB system. Shown above is a background-subtracted Stage 2b F1550C image of the α Cen AB system from August 2024. The image is oriented
Joint PCA-KLIP subtraction of distinct subsets of the α Cen AB science integrations from the August 2024 observations. — astro-ph.SR JWST observed our closest solar twin, α Cen A, with
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have found strong evidence for a new exoplanet — one orbiting Alpha Centauri A, the nearest sun-like star to Earth. It’s located
Stacked images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS acquired with UVOT obtained on July 31 and Aug 1, 2025. The image acquired with the V filter is shown on the left, the
(LEFT) Combined 130 s F350LP image of 3I/ATLAS showing diffuse asymmetric emission to the north west. (RIGHT) Same image contoured, with scale bar and direction arrows shown. The yellow and
This image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera on 21 July 2025. The scale bar is labeled in arcseconds, which is a
In this natural-color version of the “Falbreen” panorama, colors have not been enhanced and the sky appears more reddish. Visible still is Perseverance’s 43rd rock abrasion (the white patch at
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