Astronomers have discovered a strange new object in our Milky Way. An international team reported Wednesday that this celestial object — perhaps a star, pair of stars or something else entirely — is ...

Nick Haslam receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Adriana Vargas Saenz does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit ...

The article details various types of deep-sky objects observable by amateur astronomers, including double stars, variable stars, open and globular star clusters, emission, planetary, and reflection ...

A foreign object is something in the body that doesn’t belong there. It may be accidentally or intentionally swallowed or lodged in the ears, nose, eyes, skin, and airways. Many types of foreign ...

When she goes to the grocery store, Lilianna Wilde will sometimes go for the shopping cart from which everyone else steers clear, the sad-looking one with the squeaky wheel. When she puts the dishes ...

The outer solar system is a vast and mysterious place that could be harboring hidden objects we know almost nothing about — from the elusive Planet Nine and baby black holes to interstellar visitors ...

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Two years ago, our special January issue brought forth a popular package, 101 Must-See Cosmic Objects. Now we follow it up in a very different direction. My thought this time was to produce something ...