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1st supernovas may have flooded the early universe with water — making life possible just 100 million years after the Big Bang
A new study suggests that the explosive deaths of the universe's earliest stars created surprising quantities of water that ...
Gaia Just Found Two Massive Objects That Shouldn’t Exist – And Astronomers Are Stunned
Scientists using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission have made a groundbreaking discovery: a massive exoplanet ...
There could be a supermassive black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud hurling stars at the Milky Way
Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.
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Commentary: Winter Triangle comes into view
The part of the world where we live lies exactly halfway between Earth’s equator and the North Pole. Mid-latitude locations like Minnesota’s feature distinct seasons in which the ...
X-Ray Echoes Unveil the Hidden 3D Landscape of Our Galaxy’s Heart
Scientists have created the first-ever 3D maps of star-forming molecular clouds near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, ...
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Commentary: New telescope may answer our oldest questions
The planet 51 Pegasi b is a long way from Prior Lake, 48 light years (several billion miles) to be exact. It orbits a fifth magnitude star, similar to our Sun, in the constellation Pegasus. It was ...
7 most beautiful star cluster images shared by NASA Hubble Telescope
Set against a backdrop littered with tiny pinpricks of light glint a few, brighter stars, this is NGC 1858, a 10-million-year ...
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UConn’s Planetarium gives students a look at the stars
The University of Connecticut’s planetarium on North Eagleville Road gave students the opportunity to see the stars on Feb. 4. from 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in their first weekly event of the spring ...
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Top Stargazing Destinations in the Philippines: Milky Way & Meteor Showers
If you're a stargazing enthusiast or just someone who wants to enjoy the beauty of the night sky, the Philippines is the ...
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Astronomers Capture First Clear Image of a Star Beyond the Milky Way – A Cosmic Breakthrough
Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...
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The best objects to view and photograph along the Milky Way
Visual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.
NASA telescope captures rare galaxy collision in ‘serendipitous discovery’
NASA’s Hubble telescope has captured a spectacular image of a galaxy that looks like a ‘Bullseye’. The so-called Bullseye was formed by a rare space collision between a tiny blue dwarf galaxy and ...