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Astronomy
Hubble Spies Sparkling Galaxy PGC 29388
As beautiful as the surrounding space may be, the sparkling galaxy in the foreground of this…
NASA Announces New James Webb Space Telescope Target Launch Date
NASA now is targeting Oct. 31, 2021, for the launch of the agency’s James Webb Space…
Breakthrough In Deciphering Birth Of Supermassive Black Holes
A research team led by Cardiff University scientists say they are closer to understanding how a…
Thermonuclear Blast Sends Supernova Survivor Star Hurtling Across The Milky Way
An exploding white dwarf star blasted itself out of its orbit with another star in a…
Maunakea Observatories’ Quick Reflexes Capture Fleeting Flash
Astronomers have discovered the second-most distant confirmed short gamma-ray burst (SGRB) ever studied using two Maunakea…
Cosmic Cataclysm Allows Precise Test of General Relativity
In 2019, the MAGIC telescopes detected the first Gamma Ray Burst at very high energies. …
How Colliding Neutron Stars Could Shed Light On Universal Mysteries
An important breakthrough in how we can understand dead star collisions and the expansion of the…
Hubble Sees Sculpted Galaxy NGC 7513
Captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, this image shows NGC 7513, a barred spiral galaxy.…
The Cosmic Commute Towards Star And Planet Formation
The molecular gas in galaxies is organised into a hierarchy of structures. Click…