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In our latest Beyond the Forecast special on WPRI.com, 12 News Meteorologists T.J. Del Santo and Steven Matregrano go in-depth on the astronomical events we’ve been experiencing, from ...

Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), astronomers have performed high-resolution observations of a nearby ...

The legendary Hubble Space Telescope has turned its gaze to the Ursa Major-adjacent galaxy UGC 5460, revealing spiral arms, ...

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