Scientists Baffled After Observing Stars That Could Challenges Newton’s Laws of Gravity
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Certain clusters of stars seem to violate our conventional understanding of gravity, and this puzzles astronomers. The centers of galaxies…
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Massive Structures That Link Galaxies Together Have Started Spinning Leaving Experts Baffled
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Nothing in space is at rest. Everything moves and revolves – the Earth, the Sun, the Milky Way – and…
Check Out This 655-Million-Pixel Image Of The Universe Showing 40 Billion Stars
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Usually, when astronomers talk about “neighboring galaxy“, they mean the Andromeda Galaxy, which is only 2.5 million light-years distant from…
What a Trillion Stars Look Like: Here’s The Sharpest View of the Andromeda Galaxy
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This is the biggest image ever of Andromeda at 1.5 billion pixels. You would need more than 600 HD television…
Hubble Captures 655-million-pixel Image of ‘Triangle’ Galaxy Showing 40 Billion Stars
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Gazing into the Depths of the Universe The Hubble Space Telescope has once again amazed astronomers and space enthusiasts alike…
Could Primordial Black Holes Be Hiding in Our Solar System?
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Black holes have long fascinated astronomers, with three distinct types observed across the universe. Stellar-mass black holes emerge from the…
Webb Peers Into the Farthest Reaches of the Milky Way
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In an ambitious effort to push the boundaries of space exploration, astronomers have directed NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)…
The James Webb Telescope Found Hundreds of ‘Little Red Dots’ in the Ancient Universe—What Are They?
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has unveiled a new cosmic mystery: a collection of compact, extremely red galaxies, dubbed…
Here Are 30 Jaw-Dropping Images Taken By The Hubble Space Telescope
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This is the best of Hubble. On April 24, 1990, NASA launched one of its most successful missions since the…
Astronomers Publish the Exotica Catalog; a List of Places Where Alien Civilizations May Hide
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A team of scientists from the Breakthrough Listen initiative, dedicated to looking for signs of extraterrestrial life, has created an…
Cosmic Oddities: 7 Strangest Objects in Space
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Journey beyond Earth to discover the most bizarre objects in the cosmos. Learn about strange celestial phenomena like rogue planets,…
Here Are The Dark Energy Camera’s Most Spectacular 15 Cosmic Images
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For exploring the universe, its distant galaxies, stars, planetary nebula, and now even black holes, humankind has at its disposal…
Chandra and Webb Data Combined Produce Breathtaking New Photographs
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We have come an awesome way from exploring the universe since the very first telescope was created. An eyeglass maker…
10 Curiosities About the Historic Black Hole Photographs
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Half a century ago, astronomers first hypothesized that there is a supermassive black hole at the center of our Galaxy….
15 Facts About James Webb, Mankind’s Largest Most Complex Space Telescope
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Name and Budget Initially, the telescope bore the short but difficult to pronounce name NGST (Next Generation Space Telescope). In…
10 Things You Should Know About the Laniakea Supercluster
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Can you tell where our planet is in the universe? Of course, planet Earth is in the Solar System, which in turn is in the Orion Arm, the small galactic arm of the Milky Way. Well, our own galaxy then? Did you know that it is part of the Laniakeа Supercluster along with tens of thousands of other galaxies?
Here are 20 Incredible Space Images Made With The Chandra X-Ray Observatory
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The Chandra X-Ray Observatory was launched into space in 1999 and has served a total of almost 22 years in…
10 Of The Largest Objects In The Universe You Probably Never Heard Of
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The Universe is home to truly gigantic objects. Planets, stars, galaxies, and clusters of galaxies – each of these can…
This 1.5 Billion Pixel Image Of The Andromeda Galaxy Will Blow Your Mind
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Andromeda is the closest neighboring galaxy to the Milky Way. Located in the constellation with the same name, it can…
12,800-Year-Old Settlement Destroyed by Massive Cosmic Impact
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A group of researchers has discovered conclusive evidence of a cosmic impact that most likely destroyed one of the earliest…
Think We Are Alone in the Universe? Here Are 25 Images That Will Change Your Mind
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“Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone…
Astronomers Successfully Map 8,000 Galaxies and Make an Incredible Discovery
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Have you ever wondered where in the universe we are located? I’ve tried imagining our solar system while looking at…