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PSR J0311+1402 flashes every 41 seconds — quite slow for a pulsar. It could help bridge the gap between fast- and ...

Comet SWAN25F was discovered using photos from the European Space Agency's SOHO spacecraft and can currently be spied using ...

April 21 - 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations ...

Serving nine UC campuses and two national laboratories, Lick Observatory continues to be at the forefront of groundbreaking ...

Just as Luke Skywalker watched two suns set from his sandy home planet Tatooine, a newly discovered planet called 2M1510 is ...

An international team led by NSF NOIRLab astronomer Christina Williams has discovered the most distant spiral galaxy known to ...

One of the great things about astronomy is that it’s always full of surprises, especially when it comes to comets — you just ...

Photos show that comet C/2025 F2 (SWAN) experienced a "major eruption," causing it to become temporarily brighter. However, ...

In addition to the exoplanet’s polar orbit, the brown dwarf pair itself is extraordinarily rare. They form an eclipsing ...

Possible dark galaxy discovered near Milky Way Emits no visible light, made of hydrogen and dark matter Detected using Green ...

Apr. 25, 2025 — Astronomers have discovered that super-Earth exoplanets are more common across the universe than previously thought. While it can be relatively easy to locate worlds that orbit ...