By studying tiny distortions in the shapes of distant galaxies, scientists mapped dark matter and dark energy across one of the largest sky surveys ever assembled. Their results back the standard ...

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For most of us who are not astronomers, the image that comes to mind when describing a reflecting telescope is of a huge instrument in its own domed-roof building on a mountain top. But a ...

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre carbon-rich planet orbiting a neutron star, PSR J2322-2650b, with soot clouds and ...

One of Ireland’s oldest astronomical institutions is continuing its centuries-old tradition of observing the winter solstice.

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The Newgrange Winter Solstice livestream returns for 2025, letting viewers around the world witness the phenomenon from their ...