Astronomy
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Astronomers Witness Star Exploding at the Edge of the Universe
It’s the most distant supernova recorded to date -
Milky Way’s Twin Causes Rethink of Galactic Evolution
The newly discovered precocious young galaxy appears to have formed in record time -
A Martian Milestone Captures a Mysterious Dark Spot
The idea came from a Colorado high school student -
How to Glimpse the Prime Meteor Shower of 2026
The Quadrantids rank among the most spectacular sky shows of the year -
Everything We Thought We Knew About How Stardust Spreads Across the Cosmos Is Wrong
An analysis of stardust 180 light-years from Earth had some illuminating lessons -
Celebrate the New Year With This Cosmic Champagne Cluster
A new look at the cluster offers evidence of a dramatic space crash -
The Photos That Shaped Our Understanding of Earth’s Shape
Visual evidence of our planet’s curvature is relatively recent -
This Big Space Sandwich Broke a Record
A particularly massive and chaotic baby planetary system captured in exquisite detail -
Saturn’s Rings Are Thicker Than We Thought
New research points to a wide band of particles, invisible to telescopes -
Did a Rogue Planet Bring Order to Our Solar System?
New models suggest a celestial bypasser left us with the current orbital lineup
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Monster Stars Roamed the Cosmos at the Dawn of Time
“A bit like dinosaurs on Earth—they were enormous and primitive”
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These Baby Stars Have Mysterious Companions
The Gaia telescope peeked through gas and dust to pick out the possible beginnings of new planets around infant stars
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Cosmic Collision Caught on Camera
Astronomers witnessed the aftermath of not one but two collisions in space
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Titan May Not Host a Massive Ocean After All
But the moon’s slushy interior could still harbor pockets of life-sustaining water
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Astronomers Observe Spacetime Whirlpool for the First Time
This theoretical phenomenon was discovered after being predicted by Einstein more than a century ago
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Was the Earth Created by a Supernova Shockwave?
New model suggests cosmic rays from a supernova led to the formation of our planet -
This Black Hole Blasts Cosmic Wind at 130 Million Miles Per Hour
A staggering glimpse into our beautiful, violent universe -
Exploding Stars Like We’ve Never Seen Them
A super crisp look at novae suggests they’re far more chaotic than once thought -
A Speed Camera for the Universe
Astronomers developed a clever method to measure our universe’s expansion -
Satellite Photobombing Is Disrupting Space Telescope Astronomy
Yet another peril of a teeming low Earth orbit