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Galactic Gold Rush: Astronomers Discover 49 New Gas-Rich Galaxies In Just 3...

What do scientists do when they have a few hours to kill? They discover dozens of new galaxies! In under three hours, a team of international astronomers uncovered 49 new gas-rich galaxies using the...

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High School Students Help Discover Saturn-Like Exoplanet

California high school students have made an out-of-this-world discovery. Collaborating with the SETI Institute, a group of future astronomers utilized advanced digital smart telescopes to observe and...

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NASA’s Shoebox-Sized Satellite To Investigate Universe’s Most Powerful...

A tiny, shoebox-sized satellite will soon be exploring the universe’s largest explosions. Launched aboard SpaceX’s 30th Commercial Resupply Services mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in...

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Turning Stars Into Songs: How Sound Is Revolutionizing Astronomy

The stars have always beckoned to our eyes with their twinkling light. But what if we could hear the universe as well? A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Communication is exploring this...

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‘We’d Never Seen That In Astronomy’: Stellar Corpse Shoots Unusually Bright...

Stars live fascinating lives that end in even more fascinating deaths. Massive stars go out with a bang, exploding as dazzling supernovas that outshine entire galaxies. But even after these...

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Tinest ‘Starkquakes’ Ever Detected On Dwarf Star Epsilon Indi

Earthquakes can happen on stars? Scientists have detected the tiniest “starquakes” ever recorded on an orange dwarf star. Deep within stars’ cores, nuclear fusion reactions churn away, generating the...

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Scientists Mimic Black Hole Physics Using ‘Quantum Tornado’ In Superfluid Helium

Tornadoes might wreak havoc here on Earth, but “quantum tornadoes” are allowing scientists to better understand the power of black holes. Because of this, researchers from England have successfully...

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Quantum Sensors Could Uncloak Universe’s Missing Dark Matter, Scientists Say

As you read these words, a mysterious substance known as dark matter is silently flowing through you, the Earth, and the entire galaxy. Despite making up a whopping 85 percent of all matter in the...

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Ancient Galaxy Merger Reveals Stars Formed At Faster Rate Than Previously...

An ancient galaxy merger is challenging the way scientists are now viewing star formations. Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, an international research team was able to witness the earliest...

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‘Space Snowman’ Arrokoth May Hold Billions-Year-Old Ices, Shaking Up Solar...

In the far outer reaches of our solar system, beyond the orbit of Neptune, lies a vast region called the Kuiper Belt. This icy expanse is home to a myriad of small, frozen worlds that have remained...

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Spectacular New Image Of Sagittarius A* — The Monstrous Black Hole In Heart...

Deep in the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, a monster lurks. Sagittarius A*, or Sgr A*, is a supermassive black hole with a mass roughly 4 million times that of our Sun. Despite its immense size and...

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Rare Stardust Particle Discovered in Ancient Meteorite Reveals Secrets of...

Imagine you’re a cosmic detective, trying to piece together the life story of a tiny speck of stardust. This is the challenge that a team of scientists from Curtin University in Australia took on when...

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Never-Before-Seen Behavior in Distant Galaxy’s Black Hole Baffles MIT...

Imagine a cosmic dance unlike any other, where two black holes — the universe’s most enigmatic entities — twirl around each other in a captivating display of gravity. While such a dance was thought to...

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NASA Unveils Ambitious Artemis IV Mission: Living And Working On The Moon

NASA is gearing up for its groundbreaking Artemis IV mission, which will mark a significant milestone in the agency’s quest to establish a long-term human presence on the Moon. Building upon the...

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The Birth Of Worlds: Webb Telescope Searches For Infant Planets In Swirling...

In the vast stellar nurseries of our universe, planets are born in swirling disks of dust and gas around young stars. These cosmic cradles, known as protoplanetary disks, hold the secrets to how...

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ALMA Telescope Unveils Complex Chemical Cosmos Of Starburst Galaxy

Galaxies come in all shapes and sizes. Some are sedate and tranquil, quietly forming stars at a leisurely pace. Others, known as starburst galaxies, are altogether different beasts — cosmic cauldrons...

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Scientists Narrow Search For Elusive ‘Dark Photon’ Particles

Space may be much more crowded than we think — not with stars and planets, but with invisible particles that could hold the secrets to some of the universe’s greatest mysteries. Among these elusive...

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Compact Symmetric Objects: These Sleeping Supermassive Black Holes Lead Short...

When we gaze up at the night sky, it’s easy to imagine that the countless stars and galaxies have been around forever, living out their cosmic lives over millions or even billions of years. But a new...

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Eclipses Aren’t Just Visual Spectacles, They Are At The Heart Of Scientific...

Article written by Oisin Creaner, Dublin City University The total solar eclipse across North America on is a stunning and memorable event for everyone in its path. However, eclipses are not just...

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5,000 Tiny Robots Unveil Secrets Of Universe’s Dark Energy

In a revolutionary scientific endeavor, researchers are using 5,000 miniature robots perched atop a mountaintop telescope to peer an astonishing 11 billion years into the past. This cutting-edge...

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