University of Central Florida (UCF) scientists and their collaborators discovered new insights into the formation of distant ...

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A dazzling snapshot from ESO’s Paranal Observatory captures a rare sky parade — the Moon, a comet, and nearly every visible planet strung across the heavens. This celestial lineup is an optical ...

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"Consider a hypothetical solar system where all the planets reside within the star's habitable zone, potentially supporting ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists analyzed far-away bodies -- known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) -- and found varying traces of methanol. The discoveries are helping them ...

An international team including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has announced the discovery of a planet about twice the size of Earth orbiting its star ...

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