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The Milky Way returns: How to take breathtaking photos of our galaxy this summerLearn how to photograph the Milky Way in June with expert astrophotography tips on dark skies, camera settings, timing and composition.
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'Geminid Symphony' and 'Galactic Gandalf': See the breathtaking views of our home galaxy from the 2026 Milky Way Photographer of the Year contestStunning views of the night sky abound in photographs worldwide submitted to this year's Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest.
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2 vanished 'super Earths' once orbited near Uranus and Neptune, new study hintsOur solar system may have hosted up to six giant planets in its first hundred million years, a new study suggests. The findings paint a more crowded picture of the early outer solar system than previously thought.
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'Crystals' of space-time could be the origins of rare black holes, theoretical study hintsBy taking general relativity into higher dimensions, a trio of physicists has proven that a mathematical pattern of ripples in space-time geometry could give rise to naked singularities and microscopic black holes.
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Ultra-rare meteorite could be evidence of a lost planet that once orbited near Earth — Space photo of the weekA rare meteorite found in the Sahara Desert may be evidence of a long-lost "protoplanet" that formed in the early solar system before being destroyed in a colossal collision, a new study suggests
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James Webb telescope detects most distant dormant black hole ever, invisible in all wavelengths of lightJWST found a black hole hiding in a galaxy more than 10 billion light-years away from Earth, and used a cosmic magnifying glass to determine its mass.
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Mysterious repeating radio signal traced to 'vampire' star that's slowly eating its companionRadio astronomers have decoded a peculiar repeating radio signal from deep space, tracing it to a vampiric binary star system.
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'Cannibal' CME from rare 'anti-Hale' sunspot will slam into Earth today, bringing auroras to 23 US statesNorthern lights are projected across the Northern U.S. and Europe tonight as Earth gets hit by a strong solar eruption.
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'Totally counterintuitive': Scientists accidentally discover magnetic fields around 7 distant planets, opening new window in the search for lifeScientists accidentally discover magnetic fields around 7 distant planets
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