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Our solar system's asteroid belt is slowly disappearing
A new analysis estimates that the asteroid belt is steadily losing mass each year, and may not be as permanent a feature of the solar system as we thought.
Best star projectors 2025: Bring the cosmos indoors
BUYING GUIDE The best star projectors bring the wonders of the cosmos into your home — find the best models here.
A 'Great Wave' is rippling through our galaxy, pushing thousands of stars out of place
A giant 'wave' is rippling through the Milky Way, pushing thousands of stars across the galaxy, and scientists don't know what triggered it.
Best smart telescopes 2025: The latest technology for exploring the universe
The best smart telescopes offer a supremely easy way of viewing the night sky.
Best telescopes 2025: Explore planets, galaxies and beyond
The best telescopes offer an unparalleled view of the cosmos, and we've gathered our favorites.
Stars live longer, stranger lives after nearly being swallowed by a black hole
A new study shows survivor stars can live billions of years longer than normal, carrying chemical fingerprints of their violent encounters with the Milky Way's black hole.
James Webb telescope spies a 'farting' dwarf planet with fluorescent gas in the outer solar system
New observations suggest that the dwarf planet Makemake is surrounded by faintly glowing methane gas. Scientists are unsure if the gas is contained within a wispy atmosphere or being ejected into space.
James Webb Space Telescope reveals thick cosmic dust of Sagittarius B2, the most enormous star-forming cloud in the Milky Way — Space photo of the week
The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered dazzling newborn stars and thick cosmic dust in Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way's most enormous star-forming cloud.
It's official: Humans have found 6,000 planets beyond our solar system
Just two decades after astronomers discovered the first exoplanet, NASA has confirmed the existence of 6,000 alien worlds. The total will rise even quicker as next-generation telescopes take flight.
Mysterious cosmic explosion can't be explained, scientists say
Researchers have detected a gamma-ray burst outside of the Milky Way that's unlike any previously observed. There's no satisfying explanation for the mysterious cosmic explosion, but it may be linked to elusive intermediate-mass black holes.
