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NASA just took the closest-ever images of the sun, and they are incredible (video)
By Victoria Corless published
NASA has released remarkable video captured during the Parker Solar Probe's record-breaking 2024 flyby, offering the closest views of the sun ever recorded.

Scientists find Uranus is surprisingly warm, heating up the case for a new planetary mission
By Brett Tingley published
Scientists have found that Uranus emits its own internal heat, contradicting data from NASA's Voyager 2 probe nearly four decades ago.

Snow covers the SOAR Telescope in Chile | Space photo of the day for July 14, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
An unexpected dusting high in the Andes mountains caused some concern.

Astronomers discover monster exoplanet hiding in 'stellar fog' around young star
By Robert Lea published
A monster exoplanet as big as 10 times the size of Jupiter has emerged from the stellar gas and dust surrounding a young star, thanks to the telescope tag team of Gaia and ALMA.

Gravitational waves reveal most massive black hole merger ever detected — one 'forbidden' by current models
By Robert Lea published
Gravitational wave detectors have "heard" the ripples in space caused by the most massive black hole merger yet. One "forbidden" by current theoretical models.

'Pebble' beaches around young stars join together to form planets
By Keith Cooper published
Planetary construction sites around other stars are filled with pebbles, and for the first time radio telescopes have detected these tiny chunks of rock that stick together to form planets.

Experts ask where the center of the universe is
By Rob Coyne published
With the universe constantly expanding, scientists have a hard time finding where its center is.

Earth may have at least 6 'minimoons' at any given time. Where do they come from?
By Nola Taylor Tillman published
"It is incredible that modern telescopic surveys have the ability to detect such small objects up to millions of kilometers away."
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