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A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...

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Tuesday, January 28, 2025: In an image captured at the end of last week, NASA has brought us another wonderfully crafted photograph from astronaut Don Pettit, aboard the International Space ...

After 11 years in solar orbit, the European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft has completed its mapping of our Milky Way Galaxy to a precision never before achieved. Surviving solar radiation and ...

The Pinwheel Galaxy lies 21 million light-years away in the Ursa Major constellation. The Antennae Galaxies are rich in black holes and neutron stars, driving rapid star formation and evolution.

Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...

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Throughout its long history, Earth has warmed and cooled time and again. Climate has changed when the planet received more or less sunlight due to subtle shifts in its orbit, as the atmosphere or ...

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