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A strange bright burst in space baffled astronomers for more than a year. Now, they've solved the mystery
Around midday on June 13 last year, my colleagues and I were scanning the skies when we thought we had discovered a strange ...
Rare Jupiter-sized planet discovered 3,200 light-years away using Einstein's space-time warping method
A rare Jupiter-sized planet AT2021uey b was found 3,200 light-years away using microlensing, a method based on Einstein's ...
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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 167 — An Outpost on the Moon
On Episode 167 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by AJ Gemer of Lunar Outpost, a fast-moving company ...
Webb telescope digs into structural origins of disk galaxies
Disk galaxies, like our own Milky Way galaxy, commonly consist of both a thick and thin disk of stars—each with different ...
Astronomers make groundbreaking discovery about largest comet ever observed flying through deep space
The icy giant is more than 10 times the size of any known comet, according to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.
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Hello, neighbor! See the Andromeda galaxy like never before in stunning new image from NASA's Chandra telescope (video)
Created as a tribute to dark matter pioneer Vera Rubin, the image was created with the aid of a vast array of telescopes.
Latest data from South Pole Telescope signal 'new era' for measuring the first light in the universe
The earliest light in the universe has been traveling across space since just after the Big Bang. Known as the cosmic ...
Webb Telescope Just Did Something It’s Never Done Before—and Astronomers Are Thrilled
The space-based observatory has revolutionized the way we see space, and it can now add another remarkable accomplishment to ...