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Any clear night this month is the perfect time to pull out those binoculars or your telescope to observe the Orion Nebula. The nebula is, to the naked eye, the middle star in the “Sword” of Orion.

The near-Earth asteroid Eros will pass by the galaxy Andromeda this evening. The rare event will be streamed live.

The Hubble Space Telescope has been surveying space since 1990 and has captured some interesting cosmic elements in action.

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Astronomers know that mergers play a huge role in galaxy growth. Right now, the Milky Way is slowly consuming the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. The evidence is a stream of gas called the ...

Astronomy can be a difficult topic for newcomers. Like any scientific field, it has its own jargon and buzzwords—and terms with meanings that can be not only odd but downright counterintuitive. The ...

ABSTRACT: Tycho Brahe was known for his comprehensive and remarkably accurate astronomical observations, and was considered one of the greatest astronomers before the invention of the telescope.

The original Mass Effect trilogy is pretty cool. But know what’s really cool? Mass Effect: Andromeda. Tomatoes down, please! Of course, grass that’s 2.537 million light years away isn’t always greener ...