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A distant 'exomoon' the size of Jupiter is changing how we think about the cosmos.

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Nasa is about to launch a space observatory that could help settle some of the biggest mysteries in modern astronomy. The Nancy Grace Roman space telescope will study how the universe began, what it ...

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Data access, or the availability of new and archival data for use by other scientists and the public, is key to scientific advancement. How data is presented, searched, and formatted determines ...

But radio noise. The pristine nature of the lunar environment provides the absolute cleanest, purest, silent places in the local solar system for radio astronomy. Radio observatories dot the world, ...

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As the full Moon sets, the Sun is about to rise on the opposite horizon. The Very Large Telescope (VLT) has already closed its eyes after a long night of observations. The extraordinary quality of ...

Up to 95% of the Sun will slowly disappear behind the Moon in the most dramatic eclipse visible from the UK since August 1999. Some parts of England could see up to 96 per cent of the moon covering ...

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The Chennai Astronomy Club organizes weekend star parties close to the city, utilizing eight telescopes to foster a community ...