The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been studying the scene of a dramatic collision between a star and its planet, but ...

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Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four rocky planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our nearest solitary stellar neighbor ...

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In this segment, planetarium manager John Haley tells us more about the Southworth Planetarium and what programs they offer.