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New Scientist15h
New Horizons images enable first test of interstellar navigation
By looking at the shifting of stars in photos from the New Horizons probe, astronomers have calculated its position in the ...
Milky Way season is here. How to see the cosmic show in Nashville on Fourth of July and beyond
The Milky Way's core will be visible this month and through August. Here's what Tennessee stargazers should know.
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JWST reveals how galaxies like the milky way built their stellar disk over time
A new study using images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has helped to answer a continuous question in astronomy ...
Space.com1d
James Webb Space Telescope uses cosmic archeology to reveal history of the Milky Way galaxy
Astronomers taken on the role of cosmic archeologists, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to excavate over 100 disk ...
High-velocity molecular clouds in M83 provide new insight into how galaxies evolve
A new result from the molecular gas survey in the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy M83 using the Atacama Large ...
Milky Way may be visible on July Fourth weekend across the U.S.: How to see our galaxy
Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...
23 Astronomy Facts You Never Learned in School
From a bar in the clouds to finding more water from the Moon, outer space is constantly surprising us. A vast universe Think back to what you learned about astronomy in elementary school. If you’re ...