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A star system 5,000 light-years from Earth, surrounded by layers of dust, could help scientists better understand the final ...

Astronomers at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and ...

A fluffy cluster of stars spilling across the sky may have a secret hidden in its heart: a swarm of over 100 stellar-mass black holes.

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