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Astronomers anticipate Blaze Star's next eruption could light up the sky in 2025.

Astronomers anticipate Blaze Star's next eruption could light up the sky in 2025

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Artist's impression of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

Webb telescope documents alien planet's death plunge into a star

Total lunar eclipse to create 'Blood Moon' on March 14, 2025.

Total lunar eclipse to create 'Blood Moon' on March 14, 2025

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ALMA observations of the protoplanetary disk around HD 142527. The white bars show the directions of the magnetic field revealed by the orientation of the dust grains. The strength of the magnetic field is 0.3 milligauss. For comparison, a typical refrigerator magnet has a magnetic field

How dust movement is helping us understand magnetic fields and planet formation

By Ben Edidin

The Bullseye Galaxy: Yale astronomers spot giant galaxy featuring nine concentric rings.

The Bullseye Galaxy: Yale astronomers spot giant galaxy featuring nine concentric rings

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An asteroid is seen near the Earth in this artisitc illustration.

Asteroid the size of 289 Squishmallows has 'very small' chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Russian astronomers observe rare black plasma eruption on the Sun.

Russian astronomers observe rare black plasma eruption on the Sun

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Planetary parade: Rare alignment of six planets to grace the night sky on January 21.

Planetary parade: Rare alignment of six planets to grace the night sky on January 21

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Entrepreneurs in Baka al-Gharbiya

The first planetarium in Arab society inaugurated in Baka al-Gharbiya

By Yoav Itiel

Illustrative representation of a black hole.

Astronomers detect rare X-ray flares from black hole 1ES 1927+654 caused by a nearby white dwarf

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Keilschrifttafeln werden im Rahmen einer Ausstellung im Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem gezeigt, 3. Februar 2015.

„Tod eines Königs, Fall einer Nation“: 4.000 Jahre alte babylonische Tafeln enthüllen dunkle Omen

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160,000 light years away, 2,000 times bigger than the sun. WOH G64.

Astronomers capture first close-up image of star in a different galaxy

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Sparring antennae galaxies.

DESI confirms Einstein's relativity on cosmic scales with unprecedented precision.

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Artifacts found in an ancient astronomical observatory in Egypt

Archaeologists uncover 6th century astronomical observatory in Egypt

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Cuneiform tablets are displayed during an exhibition at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, February 3, 2015.

'A king will die, a nation will fall': Dark omens revealed from 4,000-year-old Babylonian tablets

LEGO unveils bricks made from real meteorite dust in unique collaboration

By Yinon Ben Shushan

An illustrative image of an asteroid passing Earth.

Giant asteroid the size of 770 lions to pass Earth Thursday, June 27 - NASA

Ilan Ramon, official NASA portrait.

Astronaut Ilan Ramon’s space diary finds a home at Israel’s National Library

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