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China is preparing to send a new kind of eye into orbit, a space observatory built to map the cosmos with a breadth and ...

NASA's SPHEREx telescope unveiled its first full-sky map of the universe, combining more than 100 infrared observations into ...

Over its planned two-year mission, the $488 million telescope will scan the entire night sky every six months and collect ...

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We live in a very exciting time: answers to some of the oldest questions humanity has conceived are within our grasp. One of ...

The CosmicWatch device costs only $100 to make, making it accessible for both high school students and spacecraft operators.

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Webb observations of the Sextans A galaxy reveal how stars in a metal-poor areas create cosmic dust, offering clues about the ...