It should take another 300 years for NASA's Voyager 1 probe to reach the most distant region of our solar system. Until then, it's cruising through the void between the stars.

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An artist's concept which shows NASA's Voyager spacecraft against a backdrop of stars.
An artist's concept which shows NASA's Voyager spacecraft against a backdrop of stars.

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New Image Reveals Dusty Clumps That Could Be the Source of Gas Giants

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Researchers think they’ve gotten a glimpse at how gas giants like Jupiter form, thanks to a remarkable image of a distant star system.

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‘Mind Blowing’ Trojan Planet Suspected of Sharing the Same Orbit as Its Sibling

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A group of radio telescopes in the Chilean desert was aimed at a young star system 400 light years away when it detected something unusual: a cloud of debris chasing a planet along the same orbit. The debris could be a planet in the midst of being born or the remains of one that already exists, making this the first…

25 photos of space that could change the way you see our universe and make you feel very small

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tarantula nebula cosmic dust cloud orange white web with stars
Webb captured the Tarantula Nebula star-forming region in this mosaic image stretching 340 light-years across.

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team

Astronomers spot a sneak peek of Earth's death — a star swallowing a planet whole — for the first time

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illustration of small orange planet touching giant yellow star with white and blue streaks of material shooting out
This artist's interpretation shows a star so bloated that it's engulfing a doomed planet.

K. Miller/R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC

The International Space Station is hiding in this mind-blowing photo, as it passes the sun. Can you spot it?

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ISS in 2022.
The International Space Station orbits 250 miles above Earth.

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When, where, and how to see the rare alignment of 5 planets in the night sky this month

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Mars, Uranus, Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury on a sky background
Top to bottom: Mars, Uranus, Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury will align like this in late March. This image is not to scale. Images of the planets have been overlaid on the sky to show their order.

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