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Leonid meteor shower

Cosmic Phenomena

7 Must-See Astronomical Events Still To Come In 2023, Plus Pro Tips For Perfect ViewsSeptember 29, 2023

A silhouette of a couple looking up at the Milky Way.

Extraterrestrial Life

Scientists create ‘cookbook’ for life, with implications for extraterrestrial existenceSeptember 19, 2023

NGC 4632: Galaxy with a Hidden Polar Ring

Cosmic Phenomena

Astronomers Have Discovered Rare ‘Polar Ring Galaxy’ Wrapped In Huge Ribbon Of HydrogenSeptember 13, 2023

An optical image, left, of the galaxy captured by the Hubble Space Telescope with overlaid temperature contours as detected by ALMA. The image on the right shows the dust temperature map detailed in the study.

Cosmic Phenomena

Unprecedented Temperature Map Sheds Light On Ancient Spiral GalaxyAugust 7, 2023

Chemical elements in a distant gas cloud

Planets & Stars

‘Fingerprints’ Of First Stars In Universe Detected By AstronomersMay 3, 2023

Schematic diagram of the newly discovered Ross 508 planetary system

Planets & Stars

Subaru Telescope spots ‘Ross 508b,’ a Super-Earth with a habitable orbitNovember 4, 2022

Sparkler galaxy located in Webb’s First Deep Field

Enjoy this marvelous peek at The Sparkler, a galaxy twinkling with the universe’s oldest starsSeptember 30, 2022

The Milky Way Center Aglow with Dust

The world’s most powerful supercomputer reveals a new bulge in the Milky WaySeptember 21, 2022

Professor Andy Tomkins (left) from Monash University with RMIT University PhD scholar Alan Salek and a ureilite meteor sample.

Planets & Stars

Rare, mysterious diamonds found across the world traced to meteorites from ancient cosmic collisionSeptember 13, 2022

J0313-1806 is the most distant quasar ever observed

Cosmic Phenomena

Oldest, most distant quasar ever discovered sheds new light into galaxy formationAugust 29, 2022