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Hubble Captures Record-Breaking Chaotic Planet-Forming Disk 1,000 Light-Years Away

Visible-light imaging reveals one-sided towering filaments that hint at dynamic forces shaping the system.

Hubble Spots Second Debris Cloud at Fomalhaut, Confirming Repeated Planetesimal Collisions

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Early JWST Campaign Finds Stellar Noise Hindering TRAPPIST-1e Atmosphere Test

Comet Lemmon Makes Closest Approach Oct. 20–21 With Prime Viewing Under New Moon

Last Quarter Moon Draws Close to Jupiter Overnight in Easy Sky Show

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Tied to New Planet 'Seeding' Hypothesis

Hubble Spots White Dwarf Devouring Icy, Nitrogen-Rich Exo‑Pluto Fragment

Astronomers Directly Image Newborn Planet in Multi-Ringed Disk in First Clear Case

StarryStarryProcess Maps Star Spots From TESS and Kepler to Clarify Exoplanet Signals

Study Reveals Hidden Nano-Crystals in Space Ice

Active Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Set for Safe Solar System Passage

Webb Reveals Silicate Clouds and Moon-Forming Disk in YSES-1 System