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Astronomers Discover a Totally New Kind of Nebula

Most Universe Today readers are familiar with nebulae. They're gaseous structures lit up with radiation from nearby stars, and they're…

3 years ago

A remnant of an asteroid or comet just hit Jupiter, and it was seen by amateur and professional astronomers all…

3 years ago

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Thanks to the work of an amateur astronomer, an international team of scientists recently confirmed the existence of a previously-unknown…

6 years ago

Thanks to the efforts of a team of professional and amateur astronomers, the first extra-solar comets have been observed.

7 years ago