Science Behind It: Why Does It Rain Diamonds On Uranus and Neptune?
Does it rain diamonds on Neptune and Uranus? Scientists uncover how extreme pressure and temperature deep inside these ice giants create a continuous diamond rain.
Presidential history: John Quincy Adams, the father of American astronomy
American astronomy thrives today largely because of the underpinnings achieved by John Quincy Adams in his far-reaching ...
Astronomers stunned to find Saturn has 128 more moons in rare discovery
Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...
Astronomy on MSN6d
Observe the brightest deep-sky objects
The Pleiades, Ptolemy's Cluster, the Large Magellanic Cloud — here's how to center the sky's brightest deep-sky wonders in ...
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On a San Francisco roof, an artist’s work is birthed by the night sky
Ala Ebtekar’s new cyanotypes for Arion Press were exposed using moon and starlight during a partial lunar eclipse ...
Webb Space Telescope captures a star in the making and a galaxy far, far away
The Webb Space Telescope has captured a plume of gas and dust streaming from a star in the making, with a spiral galaxy as a ...
Space.com on MSN1d
Gorgeous Hubble telescope image was 20 years in the making: Space photo of the day
The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a star and a spiral galaxy, both in the constellation Virgo. But the photo is ...
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'Cosmic tornado' swirls in breathtaking new James Webb Space Telescope image
HH 49/50 is one of these impact sites. It was nicknamed the "Cosmic Tornado" due to its dramatic, swirling shape. Spitzer's ...
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The First Big Data Drop From the Euclid Space Telescope Unlocks a ‘Treasure Trove’ of Insights on the Universe’s Mysteries
The European Space Agency’s “dark universe detective” discovered millions of new galaxies and offers potential clues about ...