In a surprising discovery, astronomers using two Maunakea Observatories – W. M. Keck Observatory and Canada-France-Hawaii…
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Astronomy
Betelgeuse Is Smaller And Closer Than First Thought
It may be another 100,000 years until the giant red star Betelgeuse dies in a fiery…
The Ghost Nebula
The brightest stars embedded in nebulae throughout our galaxy pour out a torrent of radiation that…
Simulations Show Webb Telescope Can Reveal Distant Galaxies Hidden in Quasars’ Glare
Quasars are the brightest objects in the universe and among the most energetic. …
The Puzzle Of The Strange Galaxy Made Of 99.9% Dark Matter Is Solved
At present, the formation of galaxies is difficult to understand without the presence of a ubiquitous,…
The Last Moments Of A Star Devoured By A Black Hole
A rare blast of light, emitted by a star as it is sucked in by a…
Hubble Sees Swirls of Forming Stars
At around 60 million light-years from Earth, the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy, NGC 1365, is captured…
Astronomers Produce Largest 3D Catalog of Galaxies
A team of astronomers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa Institute for Astronomy (IfA) has…
TESS Creates A Cosmic Vista Of The Northern Sky
Familiar stars shine, nebulae glow, and nearby galaxies tantalize in a new panorama of the northern…
Shedding Light On Star Formation
Astronomers from The University of Western Australia’s node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research…