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Analyses of its emissions using NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory indicate that the interstellar comet probably has a ...

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Astronomers have yet to find irrefutable proof for any natural satellites of exoplanets—so-called exomoons—but as ...

Since Pluto was relegated to dwarf planet status, almost everyone has agreed that there are eight planets in our solar system ...

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope and other observatories suggests a supervolcanic exomoon may lurk around the giant ...

The eyes of every astronomer widened this year when an interstellar traveler was discovered in our solar system. Despite some ...