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The evolution of solar imaging

The Sun has captivated humanity for millennia. And yet, despite being our closest star, studying it is not easy. Its blinding ...
In 2025, astronomers uncovered more than 100 new moons orbiting planets in our solar system, an exciting discovery that could ...
Fourth anniversaries aren’t often causes for celebration. But in the case of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which ...
"How do you get to Mars when the launch vehicle is not necessarily going to Mars?" ...
Scientists have been cataloging comet 3I/ATLAS’s journey through the Solar System since July, tracking major milestones as the rare interstellar visitor moves closer to Earth.
A novel dye-sensitized photocatalyst developed at Science Tokyo enables the capture of long-wavelength visible light for ...
"The Giant Leap," by astrobiologist Caleb Scharf, is an optimistic account of our widening journey into the cosmos.
If you pick the right time, our home world and our moon could be easily visible from the Red Planet ...
KEY OBSERVATIONS The first alert came quietly. The data did not look wrong—just unfamiliar. What followed has forced ...
As the year comes to an end, we bring you a recap of the most-read stories throughout 2025, with the US taking most of the ...
When Kate Middleton handled a small piece of rock at London’s Natural History Museum she became one of the few people on ...
A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is ...