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For the last year or so, astronomers and sky lovers have been waiting for the explosion of T Coronae Borealis. The system is a notorious recurring nova, which is expected to go any moment now, but still has not. So, while astronomy can be a cruel…

MUSE view of the Sculptor Galaxy, detail. (Photo: ESO/E. Congiu et al.)

Thanks to the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have created a thousand-color image of a nearby galaxy. The…

For years, astronomers have been searching for a mysterious ninth planet lurking in the dark outer reaches of our Solar System. Now, a team of researchers have taken a completely different approach to this cosmic detective story, instead…

Just before dawn on May 2, a camera 240 million kilometers from Earth caught a moment that seemed almost Earth-like: clouds hugging the flanks of a great mountain, and a summit poking defiantly above them. But this had nothing to do…

A recent discovery from the depths of the Antarctic waters has brought to light a new species of dragonfish, Akarotaxis gouldae, which has been isolated for an astounding 780,000 years. This remarkable finding was first detailed in a study…

On June 16, 2025, the European Space Agency (ESA) unveiled groundbreaking images of the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the solar corona, thanks to its Proba-3 mission. This mission achieved an incredible feat—two satellites flying in perfect…

A new study from the University of Michigan has reignited a long-standing debate surrounding the mysterious extinction of Neanderthals, suggesting that astrophysical phenomena played a crucial role. In a groundbreaking paper published in Science…