In February 2025, conditions were just right to catch a "planetary party" above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) ...

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Early in our Solar System’s history, bits of icy debris were scattered and then gradually coaxed into a spiral alignment in ...

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Anna Kendrick has spent this weekend at the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival in Austin, Texas, to promote and premiere ...

Meganne Christian describes what it's like to undergo her first block of astronaut training at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany.

The shooting stars were incredible." Each of these moments contributed to her growing curiosity with the galaxy and worlds beyond ours. In January, Christian underwent her first block of astronaut ...

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