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Mystery fireball spotted plummeting to Earth over the US
A fireball captured on a dashcam in South Carolina Kathryn Rose Farr via Facebook Sightings of…
A tour inside the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile before it begins its survey of the sky
After decades of planning and construction, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is about to begin a…
Weird line of galaxies may have been created by a cosmic bullet
A line of galaxies formed after two dwarf galaxies collided head-on, ripping gas from each other…
Why are the physical constants of the universe so perfect for life?
When we look out into the universe, we know it can support life – if it…
Vera Rubin Observatory has already found thousands of new asteroids
Amid the millions of distant stars and galaxies captured in the first images released from the…
Stellar flares may hamper search for life in promising star system
Illustration of TRAPPIST-1, a red-dwarf star with at least seven orbiting planets Mark Garlick/Alamy The search…
This is the best time of the year to marvel at the Milky Way
The Milky Way, above Uluru in Australia Stefan Liebermann/mauritius images GmbH/Alamy Because I’m based in the…
Stunning first images show the power of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory
The Trifid (upper-right) and Lagoon (centre) Nebulae as viewed with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory NSF-DOE…
Dead NASA satellite unexpectedly emits powerful radio pulse
An illustration of NASA’s Relay 1 satellite, the precursor to Relay 2 NASA A satellite that…