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Sep 22, 202212 min read

Best telescopes for seeing the moon, stars, planets

What are the best telescopes for kids you can buy right now? Well, here at Space.com, we've gathered the best of the best, so you don't...

Sep 22, 20221 min read

'Cosmic' and 'phantom' UFOs are all over Ukraine's skies, government report claims

Astronomers observed dozens of objects that "cannot be scientifically identified." The skies over Kyiv are swarming with unidentified...

Mar 28, 20225 min read

Scientists develop the largest, most detailed model of the early universe to date

Named after a goddess of the dawn, the Thesan simulation of the first billion years helps explain how radiation shaped the early...

Oct 23, 20212 min read

Work with Scientists in Identifying New Exoplanets Out in Space

DAVID NIELD 23 OCTBER 2021 If you've always wanted to discover a planet for your very own, now's your chance. Researchers are calling on...

Oct 21, 20213 min read

Enjoy It While You Can: Dropping Oxygen Will Eventually Suffocate Most Life on Earth

DAVID NIELD 9 OCTOBER 2021 For now, life is flourishing on our oxygen-rich planet, but Earth wasn't always that way – and scientists have...

Oct 14, 20213 min read

Watch live as NASA prepares to launch Lucy mission to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids

By Space.com Staff Liftoff is on Saturday (Oct. 16) at 5:34 a.m. EDT (0934 GMT). Update: Blue Origin successfully launched its second...

Aug 16, 20212 min read

Jupiter’s intense auroras superheat its upper atmosphere

Heat spawned by high-speed charged particles slamming into the air above the poles spreads far Jupiter’s upper atmosphere is hundreds of...

Jun 29, 20212 min read

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1995

Statecraft in space as an American shuttle meets the Mir The Shuttle–Mir program was a collaborative 11-mission space program between...

Jun 1, 20213 min read

How and when the Milky Way came together New evidence found

New research provides the best evidence to date into the timing of how our early Milky Way came together, including the merger with a key