SPHEREx telescope aims to unlock secrets of universe's first moments
NASA launched a new space telescope into orbit to explore the origins of the universe. The mission will use sophisticated ...
Mysterious Space Signals Went Unexplained for Years – Astronomers Just Found the Star System Behind Them
A puzzling new type of radio signal – lasting seconds to minutes – has been linked to a binary star system featuring a white ...
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Astronomers Find Four New Exoplanets Orbiting a Neighboring Star, the ‘White Whale’ of Planet Seekers
More than 60 years after the first debunked discovery of a planet orbiting Barnard’s Star, the closest single-star system to ...
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Hubble Telescope spies star-forming cocoons in neighboring galaxy (photo)
Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.
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4 tiny, Earth-like planets found circling 2nd-closest star system to us — and could be visited by future human generations
A quartet of small, rocky exoplanets likely circle Barnard's Star, around 6 billion light-years from Earth, putting them in ...
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How do spiral galaxies get 'feathers'? All it takes is a little gravity
Galaxies like the Milky Way boast more than spirals; they also have feathers, where clumps of new stars are born. Astronomers ...
Pinwheel "Death Star" Discovery Shocks Astronomers
New research led by W. M. Keck Observatory Instrument Scientist and astronomer Grant Hill has confirmed what scientists have long suspected—WR 104 comprises two massive stars: a Wolf-Rayet star and an ...