Feast your eyes on the shortlisted pics for the 2025 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Awards (photos)
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The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York
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Parker Solar Probe takes images close to the Sun as primary mission winds down
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SpaceX launches mystery satellite to geostationary transfer orbit (video)
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Celestial Fish And Chips And A Solar Cataclysm Shortlisted For Astronomy Photographer Of The Year
By Alfredo Carpineti
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Whooo's there? James Webb telescope spots 'Cosmic Owl,' super-rare structure formed from colliding ring galaxies
By Abha Jain
"Cosmic Owl": James Webb Spots Rare Marvel Of Galaxy Collision
By Srishti Sisodia
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Infinity Galaxy or Cosmic Owl? Webb Telescope Catches 2 Ring Galaxies Colliding
By Adrianna Nine
James Webb telescope spots super rare 'Cosmic Owl' structure
By Jonathan Chadwick
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Scientists discover ice in space isn't like water on Earth after all
By Keith Cooper
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The Sky This Week from July 11 to 18: The Moon hangs with Saturn and Neptune
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July's full buck moon is arriving: What it means for your zodiac
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This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 11 – 19
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The sky this week: Saturn, Neptune and Venus headline early morning views for central Wisconsin
What we can expect to see in the night sky in the coming days
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James Webb and Hubble telescopes join forces to explore a cosmic nursery: Space photo of the week
By Jamie Carter
NASA’s Hubble and Webb Telescopes Reveal Two Faces of a Star Cluster Duo
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Tuesday Telescope: Webb and Hubble team up to reveal spectacular star clusters
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10 Stunning Pictures Of Newborn Stars Shared By NASA
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Proposed NOAA Budget Kills Program That Was Designed to Prevent Satellite Collisions
By Hannah Richter
Space industry urges US Congress not to axe system that prevents satellite collisions
By Joey Roulette
Space industry companies urge Congress not to cut funding to space commerce office
By Tara Suter
US space industry sounds alarm over budget cut to collision alert system
By Peggy Hollinger
Space Force Adjusts as Commerce Cuts Space Traffic Management Program
By Shaun Waterman
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The Perseids are coming — here's how to watch the glorious meteor shower before the moon ruins the show
By Jamie Carter
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“Impossible” Cold Clouds Discovered in Milky Way's Heart Challenge Astronomical Theories
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'Pebble' beaches around young stars join together to form planets
By Keith Cooper
A Solar System Is Born: Planet-Forming “Pebbles” Detected Around Two Distant Young Stars
New clues revealed on how planets like ours begin to form
By Harriet Belderbos
“E-MERLIN is Showing What’s Possible”: UK Telescope Array Captures a Rare Look at Protoplanetary "Pebbles"
By Ryan Whalen
Astronomers Witness Planets Being Born
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Webb spots its first alien world, a Saturn-sized planet shaping a nearby star system
By Iain Todd
“These Worlds Are No Longer Hidden”: James Webb Space Telescope Stuns Astronomers by Unveiling Its First-Ever Exoplanet in Groundbreaking Cosmic Milestone
Exo-Saturns and Exo-Jupiters Are Within JWST’s Reach
University of Minnesota professor weighs in on recent astronomical discoveries, advancements
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Astronomers capture the first direct images of hidden exoplanet using JWST
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Russian astronomers observe 17 solar flares coinciding with global heat waves
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Echoes from the Big Bang suggest Earth is trapped inside a giant cosmic void, scientists claim
By Ben Turner
Sound of The Big Bang Suggests Our Galaxy Floats Inside a Void
By Michelle Starr
Earth may be trapped inside a giant void in space, say scientists
By Ezzy Pearson
Are We in a Giant Void? That Would Help Explain the Hubble Tension
The 'sound of the Big Bang' hints that Earth may sit in a cosmic void 2 billion light-years wide
By Robert Lea
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Stars Above Aspen to return to Aspen Mountain
By Colin Suszynski
Calcium in a supernova remnant as a fingerprint of a sub-Chandrasekhar-mass explosion
By Stuart A. Sim, Ivo R. Seitenzahl & Friedrich K Röpke
Astronomers find a star that exploded twice
By Michael E. Bakich
New evidence that some supernovae may be a “double detonation”
By John Timmer
Star Meets Stunning End by Exploding Twice
By Natalia Mesa
Astronomers capture incredible 1st image of a dead star that exploded twice. How did it happen?
By Robert Lea
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Saudi club offers Rashford a contract with astronomical figures
By Fernando Polo
Transfer Rumors: Barcelona End Rashford Interest; Man Utd Ready Vlahovic Swap
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Long-dead satellite emits strong radio signal, puzzling astronomers
By Jacopo Prisco
Zombie NASA satellite emits powerful radio pulse after 60 years of silence
By Sascha Pare
A strange bright burst in space baffled astronomers for more than a year. Now, they’ve solved the mystery
By Clancy James
This Satellite Died in 1967. For Some Reason, It Just Spoke to Us Again.
By Elizabeth Rayne
Scientists stunned by new signals from ‘dead’ satellite in 1967: it was an Apollo-era relic
By Roddy Cons
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100 ghost galaxies may be orbiting the Milky Way—and we're just now uncovering them
Dozens of 'ghost galaxies' may be orbiting the Milky Way
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The Milky Way could be teeming with more satellite galaxies than previously thought
New Simulations Reveal Dozens of Hidden Galaxies Orbiting the Milky Way
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The Milky Way may still have unknown satellites
By Oleksandr Burlaka
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Astronomers Scramble After Mysterious Flash on Saturn Suggests Historic Impact
"Potential Impact On Saturn": Astronomers Appeal For Help As Video Appears To Show Object Hitting The Gas Giant
By James Felton
Something strange may have just hit Saturn, astronomers say
By Vishwam Sankaran
Bright Flash on Saturn Raises Questions – Was It an Impact?
By Kerry Harrison
Unidentified object potentially crashes into Saturn, scientists scramble to learn more
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James Webb Space Telescope celebrates 3 years of science with dazzling 'toe beans' image of Cat's Paw Nebula
By Sharmila Kuthunur
NASA’s Webb Scratches Beyond Surface of Cat’s Paw for 3rd Anniversary
Webb telescope discovers stars forming in 'toe beans' of Cat's Paw Nebula
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James Webb Space Telescope marks 3rd anniversary: What to know about observatory
By Eric Lagatta
Peer Into The Toebeans of a Cosmic Cat's Paw to Celebrate JWST's 3rd Year
By Michelle Starr
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“These Colossal Structures Defy Imagination”: Astronomers Confirm Quipu's Staggering 1.3-Billion-Light-Year Width, Making It the Largest Known Entity in the Universe
By Eirwen Williams
At 1.3 Billion Light-Years Wide, Quipu Is Officially The Biggest Thing in Our Universe
“We Can’t Explain This Wall”: Astronomers Stunned by 33-Billion-Light-Year Cosmic Structure That Defies All Known Physics
Superstructure 'Quipu' is officially the biggest thing in the Universe, stretching 1.3 billion light-years
By Sheetal Kumari
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New Method Of Listening To The Vibrations Of Stars Sheds Light On Their Age And Potential For Supporting Life
By Michael Levanduski
Astronomers Discover Surprising Planet in Star System with Two Disks
By Lydia Amazouz
Planet Discovery Reveals Out-of-Sync Double Star System
A young giant planet orbits one star, while a planet-forming disk exists around same-aged companion star
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Direct Imaging Discovery Of A Young Giant Planet Orbiting On Solar System Scales
By Keith Cowing
Astronomers discover gas giant orbiting unique binary star system | Star A has finished forming planets | Inshorts
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