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Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower Peaks Overnight May 5–6 Under Bright Moon

Pre-dawn dark-sky viewing offers the best chance despite glare from a waning gibbous Moon.

Tiny Kuiper Belt World Appears to Host a Tenuous Atmosphere, Study Finds

Study Maps 153- and 226-Day Round-Trip Paths Between Earth and Mars

Texas A&M Demonstrates Laser-Driven ‘Metajets’ With 3D Control

ALMA Finds Semi-Heavy Water in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Dark Energy Camera Reveals Vast Halo and Stellar Stream Around Sombrero Galaxy

Tonight the Moon Will Hide Regulus Across Parts of the Americas

DECam Image Reveals Sombrero Galaxy’s Giant Halo and Stellar Stream

Hubble Marks 36 Years With New Trifid Nebula Image Showing Change

Astronomers Pinpoint the Milky Way’s Star-Forming Edge at 35,000–40,000 Light-Years

Hubble Marks 36 Years With Sharper Trifid Nebula Portrait That Shows Change

Comet Pan‑STARRS Reaches Perihelion Sunday, Closing a Brief Pre‑Dawn Viewing Window

Astronomers Measure Cygnus X-1’s ‘Dancing’ Black Hole Jets at 10,000 Suns of Power

Largest-Ever Cosmic Test Finds Gravity Falls With Distance as Theory Predicts

Brightening Comet Pan‑STARRS Enters Pre‑Dawn View for Northern Skywatchers

New Meteor Shower Traces to Asteroid Crumbling Near the Sun

IWC Debuts Space-Built Pilot’s Venturer Certified for Haven-1

JWST Studies Report Strongest Evidence Yet of Population III Stars Near GN‑z11

Two-Component Dark Matter Model Offers New Explanation for Milky Way Gamma-Ray Excess

SpaceX Plans Vandenberg Falcon 9 Launch to Add 25 Starlink Satellites