This infrared view offers the clearest look yet at how dwarf galaxies merge, evolve, trade gas and ignite waves of new stars.

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The year 2025 is about to end and an intriguing glimpse of Saturn and Jupiter can be observed with the best beginner telescopes.Primarily, the best time to examine any outer planet is about a ...

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The universe doesn’t revolve around Kitt Peak, but the observatory southwest of Tucson is at the center of what could be the biggest breakthrough in the study of the cosmos in decades. Using an ...

Uranus, the seventh planet in our solar system, is often the butt of jokes due to its name. But did you know that this wasn't ...

Uranus has not always had this name. While the planets current name might trigger a bit of laughter, its initial name ...

NASA's next big eye on the cosmos is now fully assembled. On Nov. 25, technicians joined the inner and outer portions of the ...

Cullen Hightower said, “Wisdom is what’s left after we’ve run out of personal opinions.” Charles Spurgeon said, “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great ...

Tyson’s ultimate goal was to image large swathes of the sky, measuring how galaxies’ shapes distorted as their light ...

Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) was captured crossing the Milky Way's galactic plane, brilliantly illuminating the iconic Pillars of Creation within the Eagle Nebula.

Allen Telescope Array campaign shows slow changes in radio scintillation that can nudge pulsar timing by billionths of a second ...