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UK’s CosmoCube Mission Moves Into Prototype Testing for Moon’s Far Side Observations

Precision radiometer prototypes are undergoing lab vacuum tests ahead of a lunar orbit launch scheduled before 2030

New BAO Study Intensifies Evidence for Giant Local Void Shaping Cosmic Expansion

Airport and Military Radar Emissions Identified as Earth’s Technosignatures

Study Confirms Fast X-Ray Transients Arise From Failed Jets in Dying Stars

New 'Dark Dwarfs' Theory Proposes Substellar Objects Fueled by Dark Matter

Axion-Based Dark Energy Model Foresees Big Crunch in 33 Billion Years

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Astronomers Solicit Observations to Confirm Possible First Impact on Saturn

Study Reveals Hidden Nano-Crystals in Space Ice

Lucy Spacecraft Delivers First Full High-Resolution Images of Asteroid Donaldjohanson

Astronomers Capture First Visual Proof of Double-Detonation in Type Ia Supernova Remnant

Gas Giant HIP 67522 b Triggers Intense Stellar Flares, Accelerating Its Atmospheric Loss

SPHEREx Begins Weekly Release of Full-Sky Infrared Survey Data

Experimental Fusion and Solar Sail Concepts Aim to Reach Sedna in Under a Decade

James Webb Captures First Direct Image of Saturn-Mass Candidate TWA 7b

LHC Begins Proton–Oxygen Collision Phase with Precision Beam Tuning

Kilonova Seekers Volunteers Discover Rare Variable Star GOTO0650

Two Southern Novae Dimming After Brief Naked-Eye Appearance

Rubin Observatory Unveils First Images and Activates Rapid Data Pipeline

Webb Pinpoints Bullet Cluster’s Mass and Dark Matter Distribution

Fast Radio Burst Traced to 1960s Relay Two Satellite