Nov 5, 2025 · Astronomy See a 3-D map of stellar nurseries based on data from the Gaia telescope The map, spanning 4,000 light-years from the sun in all directions, combines a chart …

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Apr 24, 2025 · Hubble is still going strong 35 years after it was launched into space. Celebrate its anniversary with some out-of-this-world images.

Aug 21, 2025 · Sporting the world’s largest digital camera, the new telescope is poised to help solve some of the universe’s biggest mysteries.

Oct 30, 2024 · A new AI machine learning technique helped historians analyze 76,000 pages from astronomy textbooks spanning nearly two centuries.

Mar 2, 2001 · Astronomy In moon race, Saturn is still champ New discoveries have raised the retinue of Saturn's known moons to 30, making the ringed planet the solar system's champ.

Jun 24, 2025 · In 1920, Astronomers Heber Curtis and Harlow Shapley debated at the Smithsonian whether Andromeda was a separate galaxy.

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Feb 23, 2023 · The Milky Way spawns stars in places such as the Rosette Nebula, seen here in a far-infrared image from the Herschel Space Telescope, and does so with much more vigor …

Feb 2, 2017 · In 20th century, astronomers opened their minds to gazillions of galaxies Telescopes in U.S. West revealed vastly larger, expanding universe