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This video breaks down the real science behind the zodiac constellations, precession, and why there are technically 13 zodiac signs.

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3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object currently zipping through the solar system, is capturing the attention of astronomers, the public and even most of our deep space assets. Its hyperbolic orbit tells us ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have detected what appears to be a faint and small star-forming ...

When the "little red dots" were first discovered in 2022, scientists thought the objects might be galaxies as mature as the Milky Way, which is about 13.6 billion years old. That's because galaxies ...

The period known as "cosmic noon," which took place roughly 2 to 3 billion years after the Big Bang, was characterized by the rapid formation of new stars and planetary systems. Naturally, objects ...

If you’re a bee, your life (and the lives of 50,000 sisters in the hive) depends on navigation. Particularly, on your ability ...

Confused by terms like focal ratio, pixel scale, or signal-to-noise ratio? This quick primer breaks down core astroimaging ...