Astronomers have captured new, detailed maps of three nearby interstellar gas clouds containing regions of ongoing…
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Astronomy
Supermassive Black Holes Shortly After The Big Bang: How To Seed Them
They are billions of times larger than our Sun: how is it possible that, as recently…
Chandra Data Tests ‘Theory of Everything’
One of the biggest ideas in physics is the possibility that all known forces, particles, and…
Hubble Gazes at Fluffy-Looking Galaxy
This image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the galaxy NGC 4237. Located about…
Quasar Tsunamis Rip Across Galaxies
Using the unique capabilities of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has discovered the…
Black Hole Team Discovers Path to Razor-Sharp Black Hole Images
Last April, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) sparked international excitement when it unveiled the first image…
A Cosmic Laboratory: LHA 120-N 150
This scene of stellar creation, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, sits near the outskirts of…
A New Type Of Pulsating Star Discovered
A star that pulsates on just one side has been discovered in the Milky Way about…
ESO Telescope Observes Exoplanet Where It Rains Iron
Researchers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have observed an extreme planet where they suspect it…
Printing A Telescope For Space
This weirdly organic item is the answer to an engineering question: how to take the maximum…