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In our galaxy, a supernova explodes about once or twice each century. But historical astronomical records show that the last ...

The next Milky Way supernova may not surprise astronomers at all. According to a recent study available on the arXiv preprint server, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, ahead of its decade-long Legacy ...

Scientists have created the highest resolution map of the dark matter that threads through the universe—showing its influence ...

An exoplanet called HD 137010 b might be the closest thing astronomers have ever seen to “Earth 2.0.” The trouble is that ...

If confirmed, this exoplanet would be the only known rocky world in the habitable zone of a Sun-like star.

February 2026 begins with the Full Moon, the Snow Moon, on February 1. The last quarter moon is on February 9. The new moon, an annular eclipse visible only in Antarctica, is on February 17. The ...

Scientists have created the sharpest map yet of dark matter, offering new insight into the invisible force that holds galaxies together.

NASA confirms galaxy MoM-z14 observed by the James Webb Space Telescope formed 280 million years after the Big Bang using spectroscopic measurements.

Scientists have created the highest resolution map of the dark matter that threads through the Universe – showing its ...

Scientists have created the highest resolution map of the dark matter that threads through the Universe, showing its influence on the formation of stars, galaxies and planets.