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"When I first spotted this system with a very high total mass on our galactic doorstep, I was immediately excited." ...
The beloved Hubble Space Telescope is reaching its 35th anniversary, and over the years it has taken some stunning images.
Two years ago, a star on its deathbed was charged with a heinous act — eating a planet — in a system 12,000 light-years away ...
Discover the intriguing space explosion predicted in a rare double white dwarf system just 160 light-years away from Earth.
Observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have provided a surprising twist in the narrative surrounding what is ...
If it exploded today, this future supernova might be close enough to us to pose a threat, but the Sun will have burned out ...
A dramatic cosmic event is winding up to occur right in our backyard. Astronomers have spotted a pair of stars bound for ...
Astronomers have spotted two hefty white dwarf stars - highly compact stellar embers - orbiting close together that appear ...
Leading this quest is the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), a global collaboration involving over 70 institutions.