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Overview: A New Window into Interstellar Visitors In a pioneering collaboration across the solar system, NASA’s exoplanet-hunting instruments pivoted to a different kind of traveler:…

Stellar Birth Illuminated by Hubble When you think of star formation, visions of glowing dust, towering gas pillars, and nascent stars often feel distant. But…

James Webb Captures a Glimpse of the Dawn of the Cosmos In a milestone for observational astronomy, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured…

Overview: PSLV-C62 launch and payloads On the scheduled date, ISRO launched the PSLV-C62 rocket from the Sriharikota spaceport with the EOS-N1 satellite aboard, along with…

Stunning Views from Low-Earth Orbit In a dazzling display of celestial choreography, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station has captured a timelapse that blends…

Two Galaxies Meet in a Cosmic Embrace On January 8, 2026, astronomers celebrated a remarkable demonstration of teamwork between space observatories. The James Webb Space…

Introduction: A Historic Stellar Explosion Revisited Long after Johannes Kepler first observed a nova in 1604, NASA has released a high-definition video that brings the…

Orbital Crowding: A Growing Challenge Planet Earth’s orbital environment is becoming increasingly crowded. Thousands of satellites—ranging from operational communications relays to defunct and decommissioned craft—now…

Introduction: A distant, fateful horizon Our Sun is about halfway through its life, which means Earth is in the middle of its own planetary journey.…
