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Astronomers say that, on this day, our home planet, Jupiter and the Sun will be almost perfectly aligned

Even weirder, word has it the propellant will be made using hydrogen and oxygen recovered from water ice on the Moon

Astronomers say some galaxies lose their gas reserves in the blink of an eye, kick the bucket shortly after

Astronomers say the two galaxies got close to each other between 100 and 200 million years ago, will soon collide

Cassiopeia A went kaboom about 340 years ago, spilled loads of insanely hot and radioactive matter into the cosmos

The planets, discovered using NASA's Kepler satellite, are somewhat similar to celestial bodies in our Solar System

Astronomers say the ring system around this body is much larger and heavier than that documented around Saturn

They can fully scan most of the atmosphere on 15 minutes

Having sunk its teeth into one of the star's sides, the black hole chocked on the material it was trying to engulf

The asteroid, dubbed 2004 BL86, will make its closest approach at 16:19 UTC (11:19 EST), NASA scientists say

The insanely accurate space telescope is now just a concept, here's hoping it will soon be approved for construction

The burst was produced some 5.5 billion light-years from Earth, scientists are yet to figure out what caused it

Astronomers say the speeding galaxy somehow managed to survive the impact with the cluster it ripped through

UAG case protects the handset, GoPro films the action

Researchers claim to have found evidence that two undocumented dwarf planets are hiding well beyond Pluto

Actually, the galaxy has been our neighbor for quite a while, it's just that we were utterly oblivious to its existence

The hot stars featured in this image are part and parcel of a cluster known to astronomer as Messier 47