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The Sun, the planets, and all else that constitutes the solar system are hurtling toward the star Lambda Herculis, some 370 ...

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Carbon, essential for life, journeys through space in a galactic recycling process, fueling star and planet formation.

On this day three years ago, we witnessed the nail-biting launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the largest and ...

Astronomer Carl Sagan famously said, “We are made of star stuff,” and new research brings a deeper understanding to this ...

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The revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope and next-gen radio telescopes are probing what’s known as the epoch of ...

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