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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The nearby Beta Pictoris planetary system, located 63 light-years away from us, has fascinated researchers for decades. Now, astronomers have found 30 exocomets, or comets located outside of our solar system, orbiting the sunlike Beta Pictoris star, which makes it even more intriguing. The Beta Pictoris star was discovered nearly 40

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope is ready to observe the universe. The space observatory’s massive mirror, capable of peering into the most distant reaches of space, is now completely aligned, according to the NASA’s Webb team. Hailed as the world’s premier space observatory, Webb has successfully completed a number of steps

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Two Russian cosmonauts gave the International Space Station’s new robotic arm a bit of a workout on Thursday. Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev exited the space station at 10:58 a.m. ET to begin their spacewalk, which lasted for seven hours and 42 minutes. It ended at 6:40 p.m. ET.

By Megan Marples, CNN Venus and Jupiter will appear to touch each other in the sky at the end of the month, despite actually being millions of miles apart. The two planets will appear closest together around 3 p.m. ET on April 30, with Venus 0.2 degrees south of Jupiter, according to EarthSky. The distance