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Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is brightening fast! Discovered in January by the Mount Lemmon Survey, it swings closest to Earth on ...

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Astronomers are making significant strides in detecting an ancient signal from one of the universe’s most unexplored periods.

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Finally, some much needed autumn rainfall. Yesterday about a half inch of rain and as of this writing we’ve gotten even more ...

When India launched Chandrayaan-2 in 2019, the mission was widely seen as a bold attempt to soft-land on the Moon. But even ...

Tackling the John Muir Trail at night with only stars and moon to light the path, a veteran hiker experiences the popular 200-mile trail in a new—and wilder—way.

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Could Artemis III astronauts collect some lunar samples that shed light on the moon's mysterious past? That's what a team of researchers hope.

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