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A visualization of the Milky Way galaxy spotlights the two newfound streams of ancient stars, Shiva (green) and Shakti (pink). Credit: S. Payne-Wardenaar/K. Malhan/MPIA

Milky Way, Science

Ancient star streams, named Shiva and Shakti, may be Milky Way’s earliest building blocks

Spectacular meteor lights up the skies over Portugal and Spain

Exoplanets, Science

New exoplanet discovered in habitable zone of a multi-star system

Barry Sawchuk stands next to some of the space debris he found on his farm. Credit: Twitter/Gillian Massie/980 CJME.

Robotic Spaceflight

‘It ain’t no garbage.’ Canadian farmer finds chunks of space debris in a remote part of Saskatchewan

JWST discovers black holes merging near the dawn of the cosmos

An artist’s concept of the exoplanet SPECULOOS-3 b orbiting its red dwarf star. The planet is as big around as Earth, while its star is slightly bigger than Jupiter – but much more massive. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Found: An Earth-sized exoplanet named SPECULOOS-3 b

Astrophotography, Observing, The Sun

Your best pictures of this past weekend’s aurorae

Curation teams process the sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission in a cleanroom in 2023. Credit: NASA.

Exotic Objects, Science

NASA’s asteroid Bennu samples have rocks unlike any meteorite ever found

The LISA spacecrafts observing gravitational waves from a distant source while orbiting the Sun. Credit: Simon Barke/Univ. Florida, CC BY

Exotic Objects, Robotic Spaceflight, Science

‘Hairy’ black holes may get a massive glow-up from the LISA spacecrafts

HST image of Jupiter near opposition

Science, Solar System

How old is each planet in our solar system?

The northern lights glow serenely in the distance above trees in the foreground at Kohler-Andrae State Park in Wisconsin.

An expert explains the psychedelic rainbow colors of the aurora

Artist's concept of Planet X

Could we find Planet Nine using JWST?