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Ever wondered how planetary systems like our own solar system form? Thanks to the European Space Agency's Gaia space ...

By tracking tiny stellar wobbles, astronomers have detected planets forming around young stars for the first time.

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From plasma engines that could turn months of travel into weeks to the first blueprints for ships that will outlive their ...

Learn how you can say farewell to comet 3I/ATLAS as it passes by Earth on Dec. 19, 2025, and what we have learned during its ...

Fourth anniversaries aren’t often causes for celebration. But in the case of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which ...