New ‘Sungrazing’ Comet May Outshine Venus—If It Survives the Coming Weeks

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The Virtual Telescope Project captured this image of the newly discovered comet.

Tuesday’s Solar Eclipse Might Be the Worst One Yet

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Image of an annular eclipse

Earth Might Escape Annihilation When Our Sun Dies, Study Shows

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Artist's rendition of Earth-like planet near a white dwarf

The North Star Is Covered in Spots

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The night sky with Polaris in the center

Citizen Scientists Spot Weird Object Careening Across the Cosmos at Ludicrous Speeds

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Artist's concept of a CWISE J1249 ejected from a supernova

Help Track Down Baby Black Holes Using This Citizen Science App

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Artist's depiction of a supermassive black hole.

Watch Mars and Jupiter Appear to Almost Touch in a Rare Conjunction

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An image of Jupiter and Mars in conjunction morning of October 20, 2015.

SpaceX’s Direct-to-Cell Starlink Satellites Are 5 Times Brighter Than Before, Worrying Astronomers

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Starlink satellite streaks as viewed by a ground based telescope.

The company plans to launch thousands of direct-to-cell Starlink satellites, which may interfere with our views of the night sky.

Rare Form of ‘Red Lightning’ Caught on Camera Over Puerto Rico

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Image of a gigantic jet over Puerto Rico

Secret experiments by a 16th-century alchemist involved an element that nobody knew about at the time

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Tycho Brahe, a 16th-century astronomer and alchemist, had tungsten in his lab nearly 200 years before scientists knew what it was.

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