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Southern Illinois will get its 2nd solar eclipse in a decade this year
It's already rare for a single location to experience a total solar eclipse, but on April 8, Carbondale, Illinois will see its second one within a decade.
This hellish exoplanet's skies rain iron and create a rainbow-like effect
The CHEOPS mission has seen tantalizing hints of the rainbow-like glory effect over WASP-76b, an extreme world where iron rains heavily on one side of the planet.
Peer inside remnants of an 800-year-old supernova and see a 'zombie' star
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory images the firework-like remnants of the great supernova of 1181.
Like the 90s, binary stars are back in style
For many years, binary star research has been as neglected as an old Tamagotchi. But now, the Gaia space telescope is leading a resurgence in interest in binary star systems.
Cannibal stars at the heart of the Milky Way stay young in a gruesome way
To remain youthful in a cosmic demolition derby around supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*, some cannibalistic stars gruesomely bathe in outer layers of their stellar victims.
Ambitious new dark matter-hunting experiment delivers 1st results
The new BREAD experiment, which was designed to search the cosmos for mysterious dark matter, has returned its first results.
Largest 3D map of our universe could hint that dark energy evolves with time
Our leading model of the universe assumes dark energy to be constant across the universe and throughout time. Emerging evidence suggests that may not be the case.
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover begins exploring possible dried-up Red Planet river
NASA's Curiosity rover is now exploring a possible ancient river on Mars named Gediz Vallis.
