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Andromeda’s Parachute (left) is a quadruple gravitationally lensed quasar located 10.9 billion light-years from Earth in Andromeda. The four images…
China to launch an empty Shenzhou 22 spacecraft to help stranded astronauts on Tiangong space station
By Vidya Saras
China will launch an empty spacecraft to the Tiangong space station overnight tonight (Nov. 24), to provide a lifeboat for…
The faint interstellar comet moves higher before dawn. Comet 3I/ATLAS is gaining altitude in the pre-dawn sky. As of November…
Astronomers have discovered that an aging red giant star has a closely orbiting stellar companion, which could be causing havoc…
The galaxy cluster MACS J0416, imaged by the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes, has magnified the light from distant…
The south face of Saturn’s ring plane tilts just 0.48° from horizontal in this image from Nov. 7th made with…
Prepare for a remarkable journey into magnificent magnification with “Nanocosmos: Journeys in Electron Space” (Abrams Books, 2025), a mesmerizing new…
All images courtesy of the author The smart-telescope revolution rolls on with the latest entry in this growing market, ZWO’s…
Space exploration in the backyard, on a budget – how NASA simulates conditions in space without blasting off
By Vidya Saras
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.…
The interstellar comet! Can you see it in your scope? Starting in mid-November, as Comet 3I/ATLAS emerges from behind the…