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For the first time, astronomers have directly measured a solar-system-size corona around a distant supermassive black hole, ...

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"Our approach gives astronomers an idea of how many spots a star might have, where they are located, and how bright or dark ...

Twice a month, on clear nights, the University of New Hampshire Observatory in Durham opens up to the public for a viewing ...

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Observatory goes online later this decade, it will create one of science's biggest data challenges. The SKA Observatory is a global radio telescope project built in the Southern Hemisphere. There, ...

S284p1 sits at the edge of the Milky Way about 15,000 light-years from Earth. As superheated gas falls onto the star, it gets redirected as narrow beams, confined by powerful magnetic fields. The jets ...

In this latest instalment of Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, Rowan Hooper explores the advances ...

Two more of NASA's space telescopes got another look at comet 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar interloper that captured the world's attention in July 2025.