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Newly discovered comet SWAN just 'erupted' with a bright, icy burst. Is it a cold volcano?
Photos show that comet C/2025 F2 (SWAN) experienced a "major eruption," causing it to become temporarily brighter. However, it's still unclear whether the icy object is a true "cryovolcano."
Mars rises over the moon's horizon at the best possible time
A new image has emerged of the Red Planet rising above the lunar limb after being occulted by the moon in January.
It's time to clean up space junk before orbits become 'unusable,' according to new ESA report
A new report released April 1 by the European Space Agency sheds light on space pollution surrounding our planet — how bad the problem is, and what we need to do to keep Earth orbits clean enough to use.
Record-breaking 'dead' galaxy discovered by JWST lived fast and died young in the early universe
The most distant and earliest "dead" massive galaxy ever seen shows some galaxies lived fast and died young shortly after the Big Bang.
US company to use giant spinning cannon to blast hundreds of pancake-like 'microsatellites' into space
Rocket start-up SpinLaunch wants to catapult hundreds of flattened "microsatellites" into space at once, using a cannon-like machine that accelerates objects by spinning them. The first orbital demonstration is scheduled for next year.
Mercury is weird because of a 'hit-and-run' incident in its youth
"What surprised us, at the end, was how effective this type of impact could be in explaining Mercury's unusual structure without needing to consider multiple collisions or extremely rare conditions."
Astronomers are shocked to find our galaxy's nearest neighbor is being torn to shreds
An analysis of star movements from the Gaia spacecraft reveals that the Small Magellanic Cloud — a satellite galaxy bound to the Milky Way — is being torn apart by its larger neighbor.
Rare quadruple supernova on our 'cosmic doorstep' will shine brighter than the moon when it blows up in 23 billion years
A pair of white dwarfs, located just 150 light-years from Earth, appears doomed to die in a type 1a supernova that will shine brighter than anything currently visible in the night sky. But humanity — and our planet — will be long gone before this happens.
