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Astronomers discover strange solar system body dancing in sync with Neptune: 'Like finding a hidden rhythm in a song'
By Robert Lea published
Astronomers have discovered an object at the edge of the solar system that is locked in a strange rhythmic dance with the ice giant Neptune.

Newly discovered 'cosmic unicorn' is a spinning dead star that defies physics: 'We have a real mystery on our hands'
By Robert Lea published
Two teams of astronomers have simultaneously discovered a strange, spinning dead star that seems to defy our current understanding of both neutron stars and white dwarfs.

Meteor impact may have triggered massive Grand Canyon landslide 56,000 years ago
By Samantha Mathewson published
A meteorite impact thousands of years ago may have triggered a landslide in the Grand Canyon and reshaped the Colorado River that runs through the national park.

The Vera Rubin Observatory could find dozens of interstellar objects
By Andrew Jones published
As astronomers rush to study a newly discovered comet from beyond our solar system, a powerful new observatory may turn rare interstellar sightings into routine events.

'The future for this baby planet doesn’t look great.' Exoplanet is shrinking before the X-ray eyes of NASA's Chandra space telescope
By Robert Lea published
Astronomers have used the Chandra X-ray telescope to observe an exoplanet as it disintegrates because its parent star is bombarding it with radiation.

A lunar eclipse steals the show in a colorful sky | Space photo of the day for July 18, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
A lunar eclipse was seen over the U.S. Naval Observatory Deep South Telescope in Chile.

A doomed exoplanet is caught in a 'death spiral' around its star. Can it survive?
By Robert Lea published
A massive doomed exoplanet on a death spiral toward its parent star has three possible catastrophic fates.

What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2025
By Tariq Malik, Daisy Dobrijevic last updated
Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2025.
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