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'Most pristine' star ever seen discovered at the Milky Way's edge — and could be a direct descendant of the universe's first stars
Astronomers have discovered a surprisingly "pristine" red giant with the lowest concentration of heavy elements ever seen in a star. It is likely a direct descendant of one of the universe's first stars.
Chasing comets: How to photograph comets Lemmon and 3I/ATLAS
Comets don't visit often — here's how to capture comet Lemmon, comet 3I/ATLAS, on your camera as they dance across our skies.
James Webb telescope finds something 'very exciting' shooting out of first black hole ever imaged
Using the James Webb Space Telescope's infrared camera, scientists have captured the gigantic jet blasting out of M87* in a new light.
We were wrong about how the moon's largest and oldest crater formed — and that's great news for NASA's next lunar landing
A new study has revealed that our understanding of the South Pole-Aitken basin was quite literally back-to-front, meaning astronauts on NASA's future Artemis III mission may be able to collect valuable samples of ancient radioactive material, known as KREEP.
Astronomers spot the most powerful and distant 'odd radio circle' ever seen
With help from citizen scientists, astronomers have found the most powerful and distant "odd radio circle" ever detected.
'Planet Y' theory hints at hidden Earth-size world lurking in the solar system — and it could be much closer to us than 'Planet Nine'
A new study has proposed the existence of Planet Y, an alternative Planet Nine candidate that is smaller and closer to Earth than the hypothetical Planet X, which astronomers have been hunting for almost a decade. However, the evidence for this newly theorized world is "not definitive."
Hidden 'doomed' star revealed by James Webb Space Telescope could solve decades-old mystery
Researchers have identified a massive red supergiant on the brink of supernova in images from the James Webb Space Telescope, shedding light on a decades-old star mystery.
$100,000 quadrillion asteroid Psyche may be the product of metal volcanoes, study hints
The metal-coated asteroid Psyche may have had eruptions of molten iron and nickel on its surface. This situation was more likely if the space rock is made of the same chemicals as metal-rich meteorites, a new study suggests.
