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Astronomers say new interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is 'very likely to be the oldest comet we have ever seen' "This is an object from a part of the galaxy we've never seen up close before."

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Meet 3I/ATLAS - a comet older than our solar system! This interstellar wanderer, possibly 7 billion years old, offers a rare glimpse into the Milky Way’s ancient past as it blazes through our cosmic neighbourhood. Image Credit: ESA

Meet 3I/ATLAS - a comet older than our solar system! This interstellar wanderer, possibly 7 billion years old, offers a rare glimpse into the Milky Way’s ancient past as it blazes through our cosmic neighbourhood.

Image Credit: ESA

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Went to the Moon twice, flew in space 4 times, commanded Apollo 13 - Jim Lovell has died at 97. A superb, humble and inspiring man. Rest in peace.

Rare Type of Black Hole Snacks on Star - NASA NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory teamed up to identify a new possible example of a rare class of black holes, identified by

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Discovery Alert! NASA’s Hubble & Chandra telescopes have spotted a rare intermediate-mass black hole, HLX-1, blazing with X-rays in galaxy NGC 6099 - a cosmic clue to how supermassive black holes may form. A mystery worth watching. Credit: NASA, ESA, CXC, Yi-Chi Chang; Joseph DePasquale (STScI)

Discovery Alert! NASA’s Hubble & Chandra telescopes have spotted a rare intermediate-mass black hole, HLX-1, blazing with X-rays in galaxy NGC 6099 - a cosmic clue to how supermassive black holes may form. A mystery worth watching.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CXC, Yi-Chi Chang; Joseph DePasquale (STScI)

NASA’s Webb Finds New Evidence for Planet Around Closest Solar Twin - NASA Science Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found strong evidence of a giant planet orbiting a star in the stellar system closest to our own Sun.

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BREAKING: Webb Space Telescope may have spotted a Saturn-sized planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A — the closest Sun-like star to Earth! If confirmed, it’s the nearest planet seen orbiting in a habitable zone. A game-changer for exoplanet science! Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC)

BREAKING: Webb Space Telescope may have spotted a Saturn-sized planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A — the closest Sun-like star to Earth! If confirmed, it’s the nearest planet seen orbiting in a habitable zone. A game-changer for exoplanet science! Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC)

BREAKING: Webb Space Telescope may have spotted a Saturn-sized planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A — the closest Sun-like star to Earth! If confirmed, it’s the nearest planet seen orbiting in a habitable zone. A game-changer for exoplanet science!

Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC)

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In 2016, during the Perseid Meteor Shower, a brilliant green meteor streaked across the Andromeda Galaxy in this stunning image. Likely from the Southern Delta Aquariids, its glow came from vaporizing gases as it blazed through Earth’s atmosphere. Credit: Fritz Helmut Hemmerich

In 2016, during the Perseid Meteor Shower, a brilliant green meteor streaked across the Andromeda Galaxy in this stunning image. Likely from the Southern Delta Aquariids, its glow came from vaporizing gases as it blazed through Earth’s atmosphere.

Credit: Fritz Helmut Hemmerich

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Discovered in 2022, the massive blue arcs near the Andromeda Galaxy—SDSO 1 aren’t galactic neighbours, after all. They’re an entirely new class of faded planetary nebulae in our own Milky Way, dubbed Ghost Planetary Nebulae (GPN). A hauntingly beautiful find!

Credit: Ogle et al.

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Majestic coronal loops dance above the Sun’s surface huge arcs of hot plasma shaped by magnetic fields. These stunning loops can last for days and are often found near sunspots. Some even unleash solar storms affecting Earth’s space weather! Credit: Andrea Vanoni

Majestic coronal loops dance above the Sun’s surface huge arcs of hot plasma shaped by magnetic fields. These stunning loops can last for days and are often found near sunspots. Some even unleash solar storms affecting Earth’s space weather!

Credit: Andrea Vanoni

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In 1969, humans first walked on the Moon. Now, NASA's Artemis missions aim to return and stay. But there's a big challenge - The Sun. Solar storms can threaten astronauts with radiation and equipment damage, making space weather monitoring essential. Credit: NASA / SVS

In 1969, humans first walked on the Moon. Now, NASA's Artemis missions aim to return and stay. But there's a big challenge - The Sun. Solar storms can threaten astronauts with radiation and equipment damage, making space weather monitoring essential.

Credit: NASA / SVS

It Shouldn’t Exist: Astronomers Discover a Planet Orbiting the “Wrong Way” Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a rare, retrograde-orbiting planet in a tight binary star system. Most stars throughout the Universe are part of binary or multiple star systems. In these s...

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Astronomers have found a giant planet orbiting its star backwards, defying planetary formation theories! This rare retrograde orbit could reveal dramatic past interactions with other stars or planets. Space just got weirder. Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva (Spaceengine)/M. Zamani

Astronomers have found a giant planet orbiting its star backwards, defying planetary formation theories! This rare retrograde orbit could reveal dramatic past interactions with other stars or planets. Space just got weirder.

Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva (Spaceengine)/M. Zamani

NASA’s Webb Traces Details of Complex Planetary Nebula - NASA Science Since their discovery in the late 1700s, astronomers have learned that planetary nebulae, or the expanding shell of glowing gas expelled by a low-intermediate

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NGC 6072 (NIRCam Image) NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured striking new images of planetary nebula NGC 6072, revealing chaotic outflows and concentric rings hinting at the presence of two stars. These stunning views help astronomers study stellar death and rebirth. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured striking new images of planetary nebula NGC 6072, revealing chaotic outflows and concentric rings hinting at the presence of two stars. These stunning views help astronomers study stellar death and rebirth.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

NEWS 🚨: Australia's historic first-ever orbital rocket crashes after attempting to take off

It lasted about 14 seconds

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A Helix Nebula Deep Field This stunning image captures the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293), a nearby planetary nebula shaped like an eye. Formed from the remains of a dying star, it glows due to intense radiation from its core. Taken over 12 hours with a telescope in Greece. Credit: George Chatzifrantzis

A Helix Nebula Deep Field
This stunning image captures the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293), a nearby planetary nebula shaped like an eye. Formed from the remains of a dying star, it glows due to intense radiation from its core. Taken over 12 hours with a telescope in Greece.

Credit: George Chatzifrantzis

NASA Just Snapped A Rare Solar Eclipse From Space — See The Photos NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a rare solar eclipse on July 25, 2025, during which 62% of the sun was blocked by the moon.

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NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a stunning partial solar eclipse from space on July 25, 2025, with 62% of the Sun covered by the Moon. This rare view is only possible from SDO’s orbit high above Earth. Image credit: NASA/SDO

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a stunning partial solar eclipse from space on July 25, 2025, with 62% of the Sun covered by the Moon. This rare view is only possible from SDO’s orbit high above Earth. Image credit: NASA/SDO

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a stunning partial solar eclipse from space on July 25, 2025, with 62% of the Sun covered by the Moon. This rare view is only possible from SDO’s orbit high above Earth.

Image credit: NASA/SDO

Astronomy admin will be around 58!

How old will you be when Halley's Comet returns in 2061?

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NASA’s Hubble & Chandra have spotted a rare intermediate-mass black hole ripping apart a star in a quiet galaxy—only the second time such an event has been seen! It gives clues about how massive black holes grow. Image credit: NASA, ESA, CXC, STScI

NASA’s Hubble & Chandra have spotted a rare intermediate-mass black hole ripping apart a star in a quiet galaxy only the second time such an event has been seen! It gives clues about how massive black holes grow.

Image credit: NASA, ESA, CXC, STScI

NASA, Oxford Discover Warmer Uranus Than Once Thought - NASA Science For millennia, astronomers thought Uranus was no more than a distant star. It wasn’t until the late 18th century that Uranus was universally accepted as a

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This zoomed-in image of Uranus, captured by the Near-Infrared Camera on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope on Feb. 6, 2023, reveals stunning views of Uranus’ rings. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

NASA says:

“Uranus is warmer than we thought.

New computer modeling techniques revealed that Uranus generates internal heat. This is similar to our solar system’s other giant planets, like Jupiter or Neptune.”