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Sky watchers were disappointed last night when a binary star system didn’t erupt in a nova explosion that was predicted to take place on Thursday. But fear not, the famous blaze star is still due for…

Europe’s star-mapping Gaia space observatory has entered its final orbit, after gathering valuable cosmic data for more than a decade.

The spacecraft’s control team at the European Space Operations Centre in Paris switched off Gaia‘s subsystems…

New research is reshaping how scientists understand the earliest days of Earth’s formation—suggesting that the deep interior of our planet locked in its defining features just 100 million years after its birth. Led by York University…

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Earlier this month, NASA’s Perseverance rover made an unexpected discovery on the outer rim of Mars’s Jezero Crater: a rock so unusual in appearance and structure that it has left planetary scientists scrambling for answers. Covered with…

A partial solar eclipse is happening tomorrow morning (March 29), offering skywatchers a chance to see the moon partially cover the sun.

Globally, the eclipse begins at 4:50 a.m. EDT (0850 GMT), reaching maximum coverage at 6:47 a.m. EDT (1047…

A massive volcanic ridge beneath the Indian Ocean has just delivered a major surprise to geologists. According to a new study published in Nature Communications, the Kerguelen hotspot—the volcanic source responsible for creating the Ninetyeast…

Boeing’s Starliner capsule will remain ground-bound for a while longer yet.

Last June, Starliner launched on its first-ever crewed flight, which sent NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station (ISS) for a…