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Arizona's night sky: Get the best views at these 11 dark places
From Lowell Observatory to Kitt Peak to Mount Graham, here are the 11 best planetariums and observatories in Arizona and everything you can do there.
Galaxies at 'cosmic noon': Research gives deep dive into universe's wild growth spurt
A new University of Kansas survey of distant galaxies using the James Webb Space Telescope reveals never-before-seen star ...
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Our galactic neighbor Andromeda has a bunch of satellite galaxies — and they're weirdly pointing at us
The Andromeda Galaxy's family of dwarfs are an enigma. First it was the unusual flat plane around which more than half of them orbit, and now this lopsidedness. It just goes to show that sometimes it ...
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We took a guided tour of the solar system in Elite Dangerous, and now you can too (interview)
Learn about the solar system from a pair of real space museum curators in sci-fi game Elite Dangerous, as Abbie MacKinnon and ...
Webb Captures “Impossible” Glow From Galaxy at the Edge of Time
An astonishing discovery from the James Webb Space Telescope may rewrite our understanding of the Universe’s early years. A ...
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NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Just Met Its Second Target, Asteroid Donaldjohanson – And It’s Defied Scientists' Expectations
N ASA’s Lucy spacecraft has encountered its second official asteroid, and once again, the object has defied expectations. The ...
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A New Astronomy Programs Helps Young Minds Tackle Big Questions
Three-body problem: A longstanding problem in classical mechanics that tries to calculate the trajectories of three masses ...