The erupting magnetar observed by IXPE is known as 1E 1841-045, a neutron star located around 28,000 light-years from Earth ...

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NASA says with the help of data from the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have confirmed the presence of water crystals ...

Using a newly developed adaptive optics system called Cona, scientists peered through Earth's turbulent air to reveal the sun ...

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A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system.

Researchers traced long, bright radio pulses, combined with X-rays, to an intriguing cosmic object 15,000 light-years from ...

Austrian composer Johann Strauss II's "The Blue Danube" has, for many people, been synonymous with space travel since it was ...

Scientists are analysing the smells of space – from the aroma onboard space stations to planets hundreds of light years away ...

that shoot dust and frozen gas into space when they erupt. Cryovolcanic comets only erupt near the sun, when solar radiation causes intense pressure to build up within their outer shells ...

Austrian composer Johann Strauss II's "The Blue Danube" has, for many people, been synonymous with space travel since it was ...