The Hubble Space Telescope time-lapse captured footage of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Credit: SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, ...

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The time it takes for the sun to completely rotate depends where on the sun you are measuring.

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Using data collected by NASA's Parker Solar Probe during its closest approach to the sun, a University of Arizona-led ...

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has once again surprised astronomers by tracking interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, a ...

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China considers Taiwan its own territory and has threatened to take control of the island by force if necessary. China also ...

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