In a series of studies, two teams of astronomers shared their data on the closest and most powerful gamma ray…
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Earlier this week, we shared an image of Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. And now,…
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Some stars die a beautiful death, ejecting their outer layers of gas into space, then lighting it all up with…
With the excitement and interest in the newly discovered ‘mini-moon’ found orbiting Earth, astronomers quickly set their sights on trying…
Thanks to the Gemini Observatory, we now have our first glimpse at the interstellar comet, C/2019 Q4, the second interstellar…
The world's newest and most powerful exoplanet imaging instrument, the recently-installed Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) on the 8-meter Gemini South…
Rise above Earth with a telescope, and one huge obstacle to astronomy is removed: the atmosphere. We love breathing that…
As Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) heads closer to Earth, we’re getting a better view of what has been billed by…