Feast your eyes on the shortlisted pics for the 2025 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Awards (photos)
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Celestial Fish And Chips And A Solar Cataclysm Shortlisted For Astronomy Photographer Of The Year
By Alfredo Carpineti
The ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 Shortlist Revels in Our Remarkable Solar System
By Kate Mothes
Meet the 30 Finalists of Astronomy Photographer of the Year
By Matt Growcoot
The breath-taking images on the Astronomy Photographer of the Year shortlist
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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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Earth may have at least 6 'minimoons' at any given time. Where do they come from?
By Nola Taylor Tillman
Study reveals how ancient elk rock art transformed from realistic to warped wolf-like beasts
By Sandee Oster
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
Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes show 2 sides of star cluster duo | Space photo of the day for July 10, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-castleberry
Tuesday Telescope: Webb and Hubble team up to reveal spectacular star clusters
By Eric Berger
Two Powerful Space Telescopes are Better Than One
By Evan Gough
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Israel launches communications satellite into space
SpaceX launches mystery satellite to geostationary transfer orbit
By Mike Wall
SpaceX launches Israeli satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
By Will Robinson-Smith
Israel launches Dror-1 communications satellite with help of SpaceX
Space Coast’s 60th launch of year also Falcon 9’s 500th successful SpaceX mission
By Richard Tribou
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NASA's Parker Solar probe captures the closest-ever images of the Sun
By Janet Loehrke
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Snaps Closest-Ever Images to Sun
By Mara Johnson-groh
These are the closest images of the Sun ever seen. NASA's Sun-grazing spacecraft gets closer than ever before
By Iain Todd
Sun’s ready for its closeup: NASA’s closest ever images of the Sun
By Dean Murray
Fastest Spacecraft Ever Made Returns the Closest Images of the Sun in History
By Daniel Patrascu
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Solar Sail Spacecraft Could Improve Space Weather Warnings and Protect Technology
By Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti
Spacecraft equipped with a solar sail could deliver earlier warnings of space weather threats to Earth’s technologies
By Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti
Early warnings for space weather
Space Weather Prediction: A Future Powered by Explainable AI
Telecoms minister confident DSIT and MoD will bring forward space weather plan
By Thomas Johnson
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A new Martian climate model suggest a mostly cold, harsh environment
By Jacek Krywko
This Martian Region Is Hiding Thousands of Kilometers of Ancient Rivers
Mystery of Mars' missing water could be solved by the planet's tipsy tilt
By Deepa Jain
Ancient Rivers in Noachis Terra Reveal Mars' Long-Lived Wet Past
By Evan Gough
A dead Mars may have been inevitable – and the Sun is to blame
By David Szondy
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Webb spots its first alien world, a Saturn-sized planet shaping a nearby star system
By Iain Todd
Exo-Saturns and Exo-Jupiters Are Within JWST’s Reach
University of Minnesota professor weighs in on recent astronomical discoveries, advancements
By David Burgett
It's official - James Webb telescope captures its smallest exoplanet by direct imaging and revolutionizes astronomy
By Caitlin Andrea
Astronomers capture the first direct images of hidden exoplanet using JWST
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Human-Constructed Dams Have Shifted the Earth’s Poles, Scientists Say
By Natalia Mesa
Big dams are so heavy they shift Earth's poles away from the rotational axis, new research shows
By Sascha Pare
Water storage in dams has caused minute shifts in Earth’s poles
By Samson Reiny
Nearly 7,000 dams have shifted Earth’s North Pole
By Amit Malewar
Humans Built So Many Dams In The Past Two Centuries They Have Shifted Earth's Poles
By Tom Hale
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Biggest Piece Of Mars On Earth Is Up For Auction In New York. All About It
The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York
By Joseph Frederick and Dave Collins
A 6-Foot Dino—a T-Rex Cousin—Is Headed to Auction This Month
By Vl Hendrickson
Want to own a huge chunk of Mars? It'll likely cost you up to $4 million
By Aliza Chasan
See a rare dinosaur or a chunk of Mars during Sotheby’s 'Geek Week'
By Ryan Kailath
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World’s Biggest Camera May Find 50 Interstellar Objects, Scientists Say
By Jamie Carter
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James Webb Space Telescope Spots Stellar Death Shrouds
By Noor Al-Sibai
What 20 years of space station research means for life on Earth
From stem cells to supernovas: Cedars-Sinai explores how space impacts human health
Researcher harnesses uniqueness of space to advance medicine on Earth
LambdaVision's Nicole Wagner Pens OpEd in SpaceNews to Continue Robust Pipeline of R&D on Space Station
🚀 Microgravity, an unexpected weapon against cancer?
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'Zombie' fungus that lived almost 100 million years ago found preserved in amber
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Numerous Fossils Reveal Jurassic Fish Killed in Same, Bizarre Way
By Michelle Starr
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SpaceX Starship Loaded With Over 10 Million Pounds Of Propellant In Launch Rehearsal
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NASA’s new toys for upcoming Artemis mission to map moon’s subsurface, lunar minerals
By Christopher Mcfadden
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Magnets Could Become the Next Generation of Gravitational Wave Detectors
By Mark Thompson
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The Sky Today on Sunday, July 13: The Bull has two eyes
By Alison Klesman
Starwatch: Venus will pass through the ‘golden gate’ of two star clusters
By Stuart Clark
A stunning celestial display
By Bob Berman
Don’t Miss This Weekend’s Sky Show As Venus Woos Weirdly Wintry Stars
By Jamie Carter
Pleiades star cluster shines brightly in celestial photo from Texas observatory - CHOSUNBIZ
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Museum finds 67.5-million-year-old dinosaur fossil beneath parking lot
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Denver Museum Finds a Dinosaur Fossil Under Its Parking Lot
By Sopan Deb
Science museum discovers dinosaur fossils hidden under its parking lot
By Daniel Wu
Jurassic Park-ing lot: Dino fossil turns Denver museum into dig site
By Megan Forrester
'Nothing Short of Magical': Scientists Discover a Dinosaur Bone Nearly 800 Feet Beneath a Parking Lot at a Denver Museum
By Sarah Kuta
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Everything We Know About the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
3I/Atlas: Mystery interstellar object could be the oldest known comet
By Georgina Rannard
Our solar system has a new mysterious visitor—what is it?
By Robin George Andrews
Astronomers have spotted an interstellar comet older than the Sun
See interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS zoom through solar system in new telescope imagery (video)
By Andrew Jones
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NASA, JAXA astronauts discuss upcoming Crew-11 launch to ISS
By Sawyer Rosenstein
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 to Support Health Studies for Deep Space Travel
By Nathan Cranford
NASA, SpaceX targeting July 31 for launch of Crew-11 astronaut mission to ISS
By Josh Dinner
NASA targets July 31 for Crew-11 launch while Ax-4 mission won't return until next week
By Richard Tribou
SpaceX crew prepares for mission
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AI tool maps cancer in 3D detail
By Amit Malewar
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Florida cat sniffs out another new virus—and scientists are listening
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Tiny fossil with razor teeth found by student — rewrites mammal history
New Species of Multituberculate Mammal Discovered in UK
Discovery of New Cretaceous Species in Dorset Could Redefine Early Mammal Evolution
By Lydia Amazouz
New species of tiny Cretraceous mammal discovered by University of Portsmouth student
“A remarkable find": student unearths prehistoric animal on Jurassic Coast
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Monkeys love watching videos of fights and friends - just like humans
Why monkeys—and humans—can’t look away from social conflict
Monkeys attracted to videos showing conflict, like humans: Study | Macaques paid least attention to sitting videos | Inshorts
Monkeys Prefer Watching Videos Of Their Friends Over Strangers, Study Reveals
Monkeys attracted to videos of conflict, study finds
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Elephants gesture with an intention to communicate their desires, study finds
By Sanjukta Mondal
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NASA discovers a 'super-Earth' with possible oceans orbiting a nearby red dwarf star
Scientists discover a 'second Earth' twice the size of our planet near a red dwarf star, 154 light-years
Scientists find second Earth hidden near red dwarf, could this water world reshape our future
Scientists use NASA's TESS to discover ‘super-earth’ that could host billions—Is TOI-1846 b humanity's next home?
By Kaur Garg
Astronomers discover a new “super-Earth” near the Solar System
By Natalia Nichyshyna
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What's Earth's lowest point on land?
By Charles Choi
Could asteroid mining actually work? Maybe if we start with impact sites on the moon
By Leonard David
Graphene-based artificial tongue displays near-human sense of taste
By roni peleg
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Australian-led study reveals evolutionary adaptations of ancient lungfish
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Hubble Images Used to Create a Beautiful Portrait of the Abell 209 Galaxy Cluster
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BrainDagger Films Announces Screenplay Development of Moe Taylor's 2003 Cult Novel, 'The Viral Limit'
By Moe Taylor
New microchip tracks antibody-virus interactions from a single drop of blood
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Horrifying Research Finds Melting Glaciers Could Activate Deadly Volcanoes
By Victor Tangermann
Melting Ice Caps Could Bring Dormant Volcanoes to Life, Research from the Chilean Andes Shows
By Bob Berwyn
Melting glaciers and ice caps could unleash wave of volcanic eruptions, study says
By Damian Carrington
Warming climate, volcanos raise risk of ice falls on Chile's glaciers
By Adam Jourdan, Fabian Cambero and Rod Nickel
Melting Glaciers Could Reawaken Hundreds of Earth's Volcanoes
By Carly Cassella
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Trump’s NASA Cuts Would Hurt America for a Long, Long Time
By Becky Ferreira
Senate spending bill that overrides proposed NASA cuts held up in committee
By Jeff Foust
Senate Rejects Trump’s Cuts to NSF, Other Science Agencies
By Katherine Knott
Things Are Suddenly Looking Up For NASA Science
By Keith Cowing
Local business leaders urge Congress not to cut 554 jobs at NASA Glenn
By Clay LePard
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This tiny brain molecule could hold the key to learning, memory—and Alzheimer’s treatment
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California Desert Dunes Hold Keys to Understanding Mars' Shifting Sands
By Mark Thompson
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The Sky Today on Saturday, July 12: M56 in Lyra
By Alison Klesman
Geologists Decode Earth’s 4.4-Billion-Year-Old “Missing” Crust
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Dozens of 'ghost galaxies' may be orbiting the Milky Way
By Eric Ralls
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24-Million-Year-Old Protein Fragments Are Oldest Ever Recovered, A Robot Listened To Spoken Instructions And Performed Surgery, And Much More This Week
By Charlie Haigh
Ancient proteins could transform palaeontology
Ancient Protein Analysis Sheds New Light on Rhino Family Tree
Eighteen million years of diverse enamel proteomes from the East African Rift
By Craig Feibel, Cynthia M Liutkus-Pierce and Francis M Kirera
Ancient proteins found in fossils up to 24 million years old
By Will Dunham
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KATRIN experiment set new powerful limits on rare neutrino interactions
By Rupendra Brahambhatt
Scientists Say Earth May Be Trapped Inside a Huge, Strange Void
By Frank Landymore
Earth may be trapped inside a giant void in space, say scientists
By Ezzy Pearson
Sound of The Big Bang Suggests Our Galaxy Floats Inside a Void
By Michelle Starr
Are We in a Giant Void? That Would Help Explain the Hubble Tension
Echoes from the Big Bang suggest Earth is trapped inside a giant cosmic void, scientists claim
By Ben Turner
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Dark matter could create dark dwarfs at the center of the Milky Way
By Evan Gough
Stars That Shouldn’t Shine Are Pointing Straight to Dark Matter’s Identity
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Dark Matter Search Could Lead Us to a New Kind of Star
By Michael Irving
Confirmed - “dark dwarfs” may exist at the center of the galaxy and hold the key to detecting dark matter
Not-so-dull dwarfs: Dark matter could be lighting up failed stars
By Rupendra Brahambhatt
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Stargazing in July: Watch three meteor showers, including one that originates from comet with 133-year orbit cycle
By Anamica Singh
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Offworld Agriculture: Developing The Perfect Crop For Space Bases
By Keith Cowing
Moon-Rice: Developing the perfect crop for space-bases
AI is helping to develop gentically engineered food for long-term space missions. We may all benefit
“We Engineered the Perfect Space Food”: US Scientists Unveil Super-Dwarf Plant Designed to Keep Astronauts Alive and Thriving on Years-Long Missions to Mars
By Eirwen Williams
Tiny rice plants could help astronauts grow food in space
By Sanjana Gajbhiye
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Scientists reveal 'ghost' force under Oman forcibly changed India's direction 40 million years ago
By Anamica Singh
Scientists send enormous satellite into space to scan over a trillion organisms around the globe: 'We can actually look inside'
By Susan Elizabeth Turek
This company could save NASA’s doomed Martian Sample Return mission
By Joshua Hawkins
Could NASA's Mars Sample Return be saved? Lockheed Martin proposes $3 billion plan to haul home Red Planet rocks (video)
By Andrew Jones
NASA Budget Cuts Could Have A Martian Silver Lining
By Bruce Dorminey
Lockheed Martin offers to rescue Mars mission from budget death
By David Szondy
Lockheed Martin Wants To Bring Mars Rover's Samples To Earth If NASA Can't
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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
By Stephanie Baum
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
Protoplanetary disk and giant exoplanet: double star surprises astronomers
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