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Scientists suspected the ice giant hosted auroras—and had already observed them on Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. But an ...

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Nestled in the rolling green hills of the English countryside is an important site in global astronomical history. But now, ...

NASA launched a new space telescope into orbit to explore the origins of the universe. The mission will use sophisticated ...

Trained on the spectacular Flame Nebula, the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes went hunting for the smallest stars in ...

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The effects of a proposed green-energy facility in Chile could be devastating for some of the most powerful instruments ...