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Discover How Telescopes Work

Dave Leake teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander about telescopes and how they work Curious about how telescopes let us ...
Dave Leake teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander how telescopes work Join us as we explore the fascinating world of ...
Hot, small and old—exoplanet TOI-561 b is just about the worst place to look for alien air. Scientists using JWST found it ...
Astronomers have captured something extraordinary: the first-ever direct photo of a baby planet growing inside a dusty ring ...
Astronomy day 2025 is upon us! To celebrate, we've picked six targets to emphasize the variety and scale of objects visible ...
Exoplanets aren't the only objects floating around other stars—they likely have comets and asteroids as well. Even some of ...
The rate of finding these distant worlds has recently increased, with astronomers scrambling to accommodate the data ...
New research shows hidden Venus asteroids could unleash city-sized impacts. Learn why they’re so hard to spot and how telescopes might find them.
NASA’s exoplanet tally has climbed to 6,000, revealing bizarre and beautiful worlds far stranger than our own.
NASA has confirmed 6,000 exoplanets, marking a major leap in space exploration and the search for life beyond Earth.
The methane gas may constitute a rarefied atmosphere, or it may come from erupting plumes on Makemake’s surface.