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View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Abhijit Patil in Big Sur, California, captured Comet A3 near…

Moon’s largest crater is rounder than 1st thought

View larger. | This elevation map depicts the South Pole-Aitken basin on the moon. It is…

Parker Solar Probe to touch the sun on December 24

For the latest on Parker Solar Probe, watch the livestream above at 12:15 CST (18:15 UTC)…

How to catch a supernova explosion before it happens

Artist’s concept of Eta Carinae’s Great Eruption in 1843. This star underwent a great eruption but…

NASA reports on Ingenuity Mars helicopter accident

The Ingenuity Mars helicopter, as imaged by the Perseverance rover. This helicopter was the first aircraft…

Hubble’s closest look at a quasar reveals … weirdness

View larger. | This is the Hubble Space Telescope’s new view of the quasar 3C 273,…

Webb finds smallest asteroids yet in the asteroid belt

Artist’s depiction of the Webb Space Telescope scanning the asteroid belt in infrared, looking for the…

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft skimming Earth’s atmosphere today!

Lucy’s second slingshot of Earth. The Lucy spacecraft will perform its second Earth gravity assist on…

Astronomers map giant starspots on distant XX Trianguli

A visualization of starspots on the red giant star XX Trianguli. The size of the sun…

Odd, slowly repeating radio bursts traced to red dwarf star

View larger. | Artist’s concept of AR Scorpii, a binary star system with a red dwarf…