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Astronomers analyzing archival images from JWST have discovered an unexpectedly vast population of the smallest asteroids ever seen in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

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New observations show that newly formed planets close to a star help shepherd dust and gas to create more planets farther out ...

South Africa has some of the best night-sky viewing on the planet — and these lodges put the cosmos front and center.

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Over the last ten years, OPAL has observed Uranus' northern hemisphere, which has faced the inner solar system for the ...

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