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Untangling the patterns of the cosmic microwave background to better understand the early universe
A figure in red trudges across a blanket of white. Snow squeaks under the scientist's feet, too dry to be slick or soft. Only ...
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has already uncovered two previously unknown companions of the Milky Way using preliminary observations covering just 7% of the night sky. The discoveries include an ...
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4 million times the Sun’s mass: Inside Sagittarius A*, the Milky Way’s central black hole
Somewhere in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius, about twenty-five thousand light-years away, sits the anchor of ...
Look east after dark in November and December to find the Andromeda Galaxy, a hazy patch of light 2.5 million light-years ...
I couldn't see what it was in the dark, and I had to wait a bit before I could safely pull over and remove it. Somehow, I was ...
Although it’s not the long-sought Planet X (aka Planet 9) that’s believed to be orbiting beyond the orbit of Neptune, it ...
Need new artwork in your home? How about one that you build yourself? LEGO’s Art lineup has some really cool sets that are ...
Can you still see the Milky Way from your city? An analysis of 50 Indian cities reveals that only six have skies dark enough ...
When astronomers first saw the little red dots, they thought the objects were the glow of very populous mature galaxies. But ...
The Swift Observatory allowed astronomers to study events that happen quickly in the universe, such as stars exploding.
When astronomers spotted Capotauro, they suggested it could be the earliest galaxy we had yet seen. But now a new team finds ...
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