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New clues from Palomar photographs: transient sky objects tied to nuclear testing A recent analysis of archival images from the Palomar Observatory, dating from 1949…

Introduction: A New Window on the Cosmos For centuries, humanity has peered at the night sky with increasing sophistication, from naked-eye observations to space-based telescopes…

New Tools to Seek Earth-Like Planets Among the vastness of the universe, Earth remains the only known cradle of life. Yet researchers are relentless in…

Overview: Giving James Webb a sharper cosmic sight When NASA launched the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in 2021, its success depended on keeping a…

Explaining Quasars and the Mystery of OJ287 Quasars are among the most luminous and energetic objects in the universe. Their extraordinary brightness stems from supermassive…

Introduction: A Debut Night in the Cosmos Betelgeuse, the brilliant red supergiant marking Orion’s shoulder, has long captured the imagination of stargazers and scientists alike.…

Unveiling a Hidden Ocean Beneath an Icy World Saturn’s small, cratered moon Mimas has long been dismissed as a frozen relic, its surface pockmarked by…

Unveiling a Dark Messenger: A Million-Sun-Mass Object in Deep Space In a remarkable breakthrough, astronomers have identified a mysterious object weighing about 1,000,000 times the…

New measurements by GRAVITY+ challenge long-held estimates of the Universe’s brightest quasar Peering back to the early universe often requires scientists to rely on indirect…

Introduction: A luminous intersection of technology and nature A stunning sight unfolded high above Earth when an International Space Station (ISS) crew member recorded a…
