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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 ...

The most powerful telescope to be launched into space has made history by detecting a record number of new stars in a distant galaxy. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, history's largest and most ...

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You can grab Elite Dangerous dirt cheap in a Steam sale right now, as the persistent space MMO gears up for the next decade ...

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Three supermoons will light up 2025's calendar, with the largest occurring on November 5. These events include the Hunter's Moon on October 7, the Beaver Moon on November 5, and the Cold Moon on ...

According to a tenet scientists call the cosmological principle, our place in space is in no way exceptional. But recent ...