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"This is the most exciting and fascinating discovery in substellar astrophysics in decades," an astrophysicist said.

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The biggest new telescopes are being built in the mountains of Chile. They could change our understanding of the universe.

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Scientists have been observing a brown dwarf for decades, and now they have discovered that it is actually two dwarfs ...

The Ramses mission would rendezvous with the infamous asteroid Apophis during its 2029 close approach to Earth.

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Only discovered in 2023, Comet C/2023A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is visible through the naked eye right now. It won't return for ...

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