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This map shows the night sky at different times in December, January, and February. Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly

A scientific guide to zodiac signs, history, and flaws

Human Spaceflight, Solar System

Evidence shows the Moon’s south pole is probably not the best place to land

A composite showing 19 JWST photos of spiral galaxies.

Galaxies, Science

See the 19 latest awe-inspiring spiral galaxy images from the JWST

An artist's impression of exoplanet WASP-69 b orbiting its host star. Credit: Adam Makarenko/W. M. Keck Observatory

Exoplanets, Science

Exoplanet WASP-69 b is followed by a staggeringly long tail

Astronomers spy a small, cool exoplanet with a months-long year

Robert Wilson (left) and Arno Penzias unexpectedly discovered the cosmic microwave background radiation with this horn-shaped antenna. Credit: Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

Cosmology, Science

Remembering Arno Penzias, who confirmed the origin of our universe

Artist's concept of the Lunar Vertext rover

Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

Vertex Moon mission getting closer to launch

A newly discovered asteroid will swing past Earth this weekend, coming closer than the Moon

In this artist's conception, a black hole (center) is contained in a small host galaxy in the distant universe (left). In the nearby universe (right), the same sized black hole would be hosted in a much bigger galaxy. Credit: CfA/Melissa Weiss

Exotic Objects, Science

JWST turns up even more heavier-than-expected black holes

The word ‘zodiac’ comes from a Greek phrase that means ‘circle of animals’. Credit: Tartila/Shutterstock.com

Why your zodiac sign is probably wrong, from someone who knows

A Hubble Space Telescope image of the host galaxy of an exceptionally powerful fast radio burst, FRB 20220610A. Hubble’s sensitivity and sharpness reveals a compact group of multiple galaxies that may be in the process of merging. They existed when the universe was only 5 billion years old. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, Alexa Gordon (Northwestern)

Exotic Objects, Galaxies, Science

Scientists trace unusual fast radio burst to ‘blob’ of dwarf galaxies

An illustration of the SLIM lander touching down. Credit: AXA/ISAS

Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Japan becomes the 5th country to land on the Moon