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Earth's nearest celestial neighbor is set to take center stage in 2026, with major lunar missions and a rare solar eclipse ...

New observations of a nearby red giant star suggest that a long-standing explanation for how giant stars spread life’s ...

Scientists have discovered a giant cosmic filament where galaxies spin in sync with the structure that holds them together.

The first pulsar was discovered in 1967 by Jocelyn Bell Burnell. Finding these mysterious signals forever changed astronomy.

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Astronomy stories of 2026 include the return of a total solar eclipse to the Artemis II mission that aims for humans ...