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We sharpened the James Webb telescope's vision from a million miles away. Here's how.
A small piece of metal engineered in Australia helped sharpen the James Webb telescope's vision from a million miles away.
Solar revelations as Comet 3I/ATLAS rapidly brightens, a tiny tyrannosaur prompts T. rex rethink, and the unexpected perks of cussing out your chatbot
Science news this week Nov. 1, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.
Science history: Astronomers spot first known planet around a sunlike star, raising hopes for extraterrestrial life — Nov. 1, 1995
About 50 light-years from Earth, a gas giant about half the mass of Jupiter orbits a sunlike star. The discovery of Pegasi 51 b ushered in a new era of exoplanet research.
Comet 3I/ATLAS has been transformed by billions of years of space radiation, James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has a thick irradiated crust that no longer resembles its home star system, simulations and James Webb Space Telescope observations have found.
James Webb telescope celebrates Halloween with eerie image of a dying sun — it's what our own might look like one day
This Halloween, the James Webb Space Telescope has served us up a stunning image of the Red Spider Nebula. It could be a glimpse of our solar system will in the distant future.
Controversial startup's plan to 'sell sunlight' using giant mirrors in space would be 'catastrophic' and 'horrifying,' astronomers warn
California-based startup Reflect Orbital aims to build a swarm of 4,000 giant mirrors in low Earth orbit to "sell sunlight" to customers at night. Experts warn that the mirrors could mess with telescopes, blind stargazers and impact the environment.
Beaver Supermoon: The biggest, brightest full moon of the year rises tonight
November's full Beaver supermoon will occur on Nov. 5, but it will be best seen the following evening as it rises into the sky in the east.
Physicists detect rare 'second-generation' black holes that prove Einstein right... again
Physicists have analyzed two enormous black hole mergers that happened one month apart and have come up with tantalizing evidence that rare "second-generation" black holes were involved.
NASA spacecraft reveal interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS brightened rapidly as it swooped behind the sun
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is briefly out of view as it travels around the sun this week, but researchers and amateur astronomers used spacecraft data to track its progress right up until perihelion.
Astronomers discover surprisingly lopsided disk around a nearby star using groundbreaking telescope upgrade
Researchers armed with a new "photonic lantern" device have discovered an unexpectedly asymmetrical disk of gas swirling around a mysterious star 162 light-years from Earth. The new technology could revolutionize ground-based astronomy, the researchers claim.
