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A space satellite that would offer light on demand has astronomers asking: Who controls the night sky?

Astronomers have spotted a sizeable, freshly formed impact crater on the Moon, providing an unprecedented look at how violent cosmic collisions reshape lunar geology in real time.

Astronomers have confirmed a Jupiter-size planet less than a million years old, making Elias 2-24 b the youngest known planet and giving scientists a rare look at a world still being born. Its surprisingly rapid formation challenges leading theories ...

The astronomical bodies fire off powerful jets in two distinct phases in their feeding cycle, researchers discover ...

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This article focuses on selecting the best Linuxfree astronomy software. There's something here for anyone who wants to study the sky.

Astronomers have confirmed a world that's less than a million years old as the youngest known planet, using data from NASA-funded archives. Called Elias 2-24 ...

Astronomers used the combined power of NASA's Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes for the first time to study the trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs).

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 16 - Today's APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe ...

Photo credit: NASA/Chris Gunn NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has released one of its largest public views yet, a near-infrared mosaic of IC 348, a star-forming region 1,000 light-years away in Perseus. Cold molecular hydrogen in that cloud is ...