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Astrophysics
Scientific news within the field of astrophysics, from news of solar eclipses to star behavior.
A Mission to the Dark Side of the Moon
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory are leading a new effort to land…
Astronomers Discover Water’s Missing Link in Solar System Formation
Scientists studying a nearby protostar discovered gaseous water in the star's circumstellar disk, supporting the…
Network of Robotic Telescopes on Five Continents
Spain is the first country to lead a global network of autonomous observatories. The BOOTES network performs space…
New Ring System Discovered in Our Solar System
A team of international scientists discovered a new ring system relatively nearby. Quaoar, a dwarf planet, orbits…
We’ll Deflect Asteroids Better Soon
It wasn't an action film featuring a kamikaze mission, smashing a spacecraft into a stadium-sized asteroid, and…
Webb, Hubble Capture DART Impact Details
The James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope captured views of a unique NASA experiment designed…
Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse!
The red supergiant Betelgeuse is as troublesome as Michael Keaton's rambunctious spirit in the 1988 hit:…
Massive Triple Star System First Detected by Amateurs
Astronomers announced a compact "one of a kind" system of three stars earlier this year. The star system consists…
A Star Shredded by a Black Hole
One of the craziest things a supermassive black hole can do is shred a star with its enormous tidal forces. The…
Watch Now: A Flicker from a Black Hole
The bright glow of rapidly orbiting gas has a unique flicker. In a recent paper published in Astrophysical Journal…