Ever since they were discovered in 2018, fast blue optical transients (FBOTs) have utterly surprised and…
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Astronomy
Celebrating Hubble’s 32nd Birthday with an Eclectic Galaxy Grouping
NASA is celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope’s 32nd birthday with a stunning look at an unusual…
Spiral Galaxy M91 As Seen By Hubble
The spiral galaxy M91 fills the frame of this Wide Field Camera 3 observation from the…
MAGIC Telescopes Observe Nova Explosion
Light on, light off – this is how one could describe the behavior of the nova,…
Backyard Astronomers Win Recognition From The Professionals
Two amateur astronomy projects were awarded the 2022 Page Medal on Saturday 16 April at the…
A Galaxy With An Active Black Hole
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals tendrils of dark dust threading across the…
Giant Stars Undergo Dramatic Weight Loss Program
Astronomers at the University of Sydney have found a slimmer type of red giant star for…
Breaking News From The Dawn Of The Universe
An international effort led by astrophysicists at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, and the…
Webb’s Cool View on How Stars, Planets Form
The ongoing success of the multi-instrument optics alignment for NASA’s Webb telescope’s near-infrared instruments has moved…
Fermi Hunts for Gravitational Waves From Monster Black Holes
Our universe is a chaotic sea of ripples in space-time called gravitational waves. …