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With METIS and MICADO, two instruments for what will be the largest optical telescope in the world, the Extremely Large ...

Quantitatively upstaging Earth’s guest appearance of a second moon this fall, a recent study found that Saturn has 128 new ...

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Chains of up to a dozen carbon atoms have been detected in what appears to have been an ancient lakebed on Mars, contributing ...

Scientists analyzed a sample, which likely contained fatty acids, that transformed into alkanes during the heating process ...

Learn about the projects that hope to acquire rare metals from space by mining asteroids, creating a budding industry with ...

Researchers suggest that certain gases detected in the atmospheres of exoplanets could be key indicators in the search for ...

The Extremely Large Telescope will revolutionize our view of the cosmos when it sees first light in Chile in 2028. In fact, ...

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Earth to astronaut Barbie, we have a new space collectible ... but probably not for all of the reasons Mattel intended.

A new classification scheme may help us better understand planet formation — including the history of our own family of worlds.