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Light from a quasar shows hints of one of the universe’s first stars
Astronomers examining a quasar may have found remnants of the explosion of one of the first…
JWST has taken a picture of the gaseous ‘skeleton’ of a spiral galaxy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has taken a picture of the galaxy IC 5332, peering through…
Earth’s surface may be teeming with trillions of dark matter particles
When dark matter is captured inside a planet or star, much of it sinks to the…
First images show aftermath of NASA's DART asteroid collision mission
As NASA’s DART spacecraft slammed into an asteroid, a small satellite called LICIACube watched from afar…
NASA's DART mission successfully smashed into asteroid Dimorphos
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft beamed back its final moments before colliding with the asteroid…
How NASA's DART spacecraft will divert asteroids
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft will smash into an asteroid in the first ever…
Deadly stellar radiation blasts 'habitable' exoplanets every few days
Planets orbiting M-class red dwarf stars have been suggested as some of the most promising places…
Bubble of hot electrons seen hurtling around our galaxy’s black hole
For about two hours, a bubble of extremely hot electrons whirled around the Milky Way’s supermassive…
Astronomers trace fireball in Earth's skies to space rock that made it
In an effort to learn more about potentially hazardous asteroids, astronomers have used telescopic surveys to…