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Very Large Telescope Captures Unprecedented View of Sculptor Galaxy

The 50-hour MUSE observation uncovered 500 planetary nebulae to refine Sculptor’s distance for deeper analysis of its internal structure.

Fast Radio Bursts Map 76% of Ordinary Matter to Cosmic Web

Webb’s COSMOS-Web Survey Yields Deepest Map With Nearly 800,000 Galaxies

Milky Way’s Fate Hinges on 50-50 Odds of Andromeda Collision

Astronomers Reveal Extreme Nuclear Transients as Universe’s Most Powerful Explosions

ESA’s Flyeye Telescope Secures First Light, Begins Installation in Sicily

Saturn-Sized Exoplanet Orbits Record-Low Mass Star, Challenging Formation Theories

Unusual 44-Minute Radio and X-Ray Pulses Detected Deep in Milky Way

JWST spots silicon monoxide and methane in WASP-121b’s atmosphere, revealing its icy origins

June Skywatch: Strawberry Moon and Planet Pairings Highlight Solstice Month

Adaptive Optics Reveal Unprecedented Detail in Sun’s Corona

New Dwarf Planet Discovery Challenges Planet Nine Despite 40% Simulated Odds

Researchers Warn Venus Co-Orbital Asteroids Could Endanger Earth

Webb Peers Into Cosmic Dawn With Deepest Single-Target View of Abell S1063

Cona Adaptive Optics Reveals Hidden Dynamics in Sun’s Corona

Astronomers Capture First Evidence of Quasar Radiation Halting Star Formation in Galaxy Collision

Retrograde Planet Confirmed in Tight Binary System with White Dwarf

Astronomers Detect First Wandering Supermassive Black Hole Through Star-Shredding Event

Astronomers Identify Potential Planet Nine Candidate from Archival Infrared Data

High-Speed Pulsar Collision Fractures Massive Galactic Filament G359.13