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The sun rises from the east, and sets in the west - this is a well-established fact for the longest time, and this is due to ...

In a rare astronomical event, astronomers have confirmed the passage of an interstellar object through our solar system.

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The James Webb telescope has made another stunning discovery -- this time of a massive planet that could potentially sustain ...

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Since its debut in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has dazzled viewers with its infrared images of galaxies, nebulae, ...

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Zooming in on 78 disks in the Ophiuchus star-forming region, scientists saw hitherto undiscovered structures around young ...