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Scientists may have found a planet orbiting two brown dwarfs at a wild 90-degree tilt—something never seen before.

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The South Algonquin Township Libraries, with branches in Whitney and Madawaska, will be hosting Astronomy in Action on June 5, which they dub “a spectacular first-time event bringing the cosmos ...

Born of x-ray astronomy, a novel handheld gamma-optical camera stands at the nexus of medical and industrial imaging. By ...

If you're tired of lugging your massive telescope to dark sky sites to observe the night sky, these small telescopes are much more portable and lightweight.

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Space Shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to rise off Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center Wednesday, carrying a load that cannot be weighed with conventional scales. When the seven astronauts ride the ...

Looking to undertake astrophotos with longer integrated photos with a simplified process to polar alignment? This is the ...