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For lovers of newly identified space objects, July has indeed been an exciting month. Last week, astronomers described ...

A controversial new paper questions whether the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is a potentially dangerous alien probe, similar ...

The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...

Photographing the sun can be an amazing experience and this guide explains how to do it in safety with a camera or telescope.

The solar wind plasma goes from moving at about 400 kilometers per second (900,000 miles per hour) to being diverted and ...

Astronomers have discovered "Ammonite," a mysterious object on the solar system’s edge whose unusual orbit challenges current ...

A team led by UdeM researchers confirms a fifth potentially habitable planet around L 98-59, a red dwarf 35 light-years away.

Six years after the University of Iowa landed $115 million from NASA to research how solar wind interacts with the Earth's ...

Our sun, currently in its prime, is expected to shine for another 5 billion years. Eventually, it will transform into a red ...

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Typically, telescopes are synonymous with bringing far-off objects close, but the newest member of the solar system was ...