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A new adaptive optics system reveals stunning, ultra-sharp views of the Sun’s corona—offering an unprecedented look at solar ...

President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget request, if approved by Congress, would kill many of NASA’s plans for robotic ...

Astronomers anticipate an unprecedented view of the solar system as the Rubin Observatory begins to scan millions of hidden ...

In the years since, the worlds of science and ... thing at the edge of the solar system. Who would not think it's kind of weird and small and cute? And now we've seen pictures of it.

The nights surrounding June 7 will see Jupiter and Mercury crowd together close to the horizon in the northwestern sky.

For the dwarf planet candidate, one trip around the sun takes over 24,000 years. Its orbit challenges a proposed path for a hypothetical Planet Nine.

With 3.2 billion pixels and a decade-long search, the Rubin Observatory will reveal what’s been hiding in plain sight.

A group of astronomers from across the globe, including a team from the University of Washington and led by Queen's ...

Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this year.

A computer simulation predicts that the Rubin Observatory will discover millions of previously undetected objects in the ...